All Kendall Collection Images

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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Symbol Louis wins 2nd race

Owner: R. L. Smith
Driver: Burlingame
Race: 2.17 Pace
Date: 7-1-1938
Symbol Lucy [Symbel Lucy]

Owner: E. H. Casper
Driver: Casper
Race: Mid-Summer Races
Date: 7-9-1936
Symbol Lucy wins 4th race

Owner: Mrs. E. H. Casper
Driver: Phillips
Race: 2.25 Pace
Date: 8-4-1937
Symbol Lucy wins from Roy Directum (written on back)

Owner: Casper Stable
Driver: Phillips
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 9-16-1937
Symbol Martha

Owner: Mrs. Pansy Ervin
Driver: Avery
Race: 3 Year Old Pace
Date: 7-24-1940
Symbol Piney

Owner: B. C. Mayo
Driver: H. Parshall
Race: 2.20 Pace
Date: 7-18-1939
Symphony

Owner: J. W. Leyland
Driver: E. Jones
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-16-1940
Taffeta - Gerow

Owner: N. Gerow, Agt.
Driver: Brown
Race: Classified Trot
Date: 9-22-1936
Taffeta wins 2nd Race

Owner: A. H. Hayes
Driver: Gerow
Race: 2.25 Trot
Date: 10-28-1936
Taffy Volo

Owner: W. N. Reynolds
Driver: B. White
Race: Three Year Old Trot
Date: 8-11-1933
Tara

Owner: Fair Oakes Farm
Driver: B. Whitehead
Race: Three Year Olds Trot
Date: 8-1-1934
Tara

Owner: Paul Bowser, Fair Oaks Farm
Driver: Thomas Berry
Race: Pine Tree Trot
Date: 7-30-1936
Tara

Owner:
Driver:
Race:
Date: 10-1-1936
Tara Hanover

Owner: Charles P. Mason
Driver:
Race: Early Season Workouts
Date: 1936
Tara Hanover

Owner:
Driver:
Race: Early Season Workouts
Date: 1936
Tara Hanover--Mason up

Owner: C. P. Mason
Driver: Mason
Race: Two-Year-Old-Trot
Date: 9-8-1936