Guy Kendall's Photography
Exploring Guy Kendall’s photographic work starting in 1924, the viewer watches the progression from posed still shots of horses with their trainer/drivers to action shots which capture the excitement of races at the finish line. Through the albums, one is able to watch the growth of relationships between Kendall and the horsemen and women of the southern Maine fair circuit as remote, documentary snaps of horses and drivers become intimate portraits both at the race track and on area farms.
Kendall’s career at the track was put on pause in 1928 as he courted and then married Ruth B. Bennett. Kendall’s work resumed in the album labeled 1930a, where it is possible to see a quantum leap in the quality of his composition from images that were simply a matter of record to those with genuine artistic flair.
According to his niece, Anne Kendall Holmbom, Kendall used a Graflex box camera and glass negatives to capture many of his early photographs. He developed, printed, and re-touched all his photographs personally in his studio located on Congress Street in Portland, Maine.
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Sir Guy Mac — Ackerman up
Owner: Wedgemere Stable
Driver: T. Ackerman
Race: Handicap Trotting--Two-in-Three
Date: 7-1-1930 -
Sir Guy Mac wins 1st heat Classified Trot
Owner: Mrs. Charles F. Adams
Driver: T. Ackerman
Race: Classified Trot
Date: 8-1-1932 -
Sir Oliver Rose
Owner: C. D. Croteau
Driver: J. Balloch
Race: West Oxford Agricultural Society, Fryeburg, Maine
Date: 10-3-1939 -
Sir Raleigh
Owner: Blue Ridge Stables
Driver: W. Britenfield
Race: Two-Year Olds Trot
Date: 8-5-1932 -
Sir Raleigh
Owner: Allan J. Wilson
Driver: W. Britenfield
Race: Claiming Price $1000 to $1500 Trotting Six Furlongs
Date: 8-10-1934 -
Sir Raleigh in second; 2nd heat 2 year olds
Owner: Blue Ridge Stables
Driver: W. Britenfield
Race: Two-Year Olds Trot
Date: 8-5-1932 -
Sir Raleigh wins both heats
Owner: Allan J. Wilson
Driver: W. Britenfield
Race: Claiming Price $1000 to $1500 Trotting Six Furlongs
Date: 8-10-1934 -
Sir Raleigh wins both heats
Owner: Allan J. Wilson
Driver: W. Britenfield
Race: Claiming Price $1000 to $1500 Trotting Six Furlongs
Date: 8-10-1934 -
Sir Roch--Loomis up
Owner: Unknown
Driver: G. Loomis
Race: Free for all, Sage Park, Windsor, Connecticut
Date: 7-9-1926 -
Sir Spangler
Owner: Mrs. Fred J. (Avis) Gross
Driver: J. Jordan
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-10-1940 -
Sir Spangler
Owner: Mrs. Fred J. (Avis) Gross
Driver: J. Jordan
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-10-1940 -
Sir Walter
Owner: Hobby Horse Farm
Driver: T. Berry
Race: National Stake Foals of 1936 Trot
Date: 7-13-1939
