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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The Jordan and Gibbons outfits--Gorham, Me.

Owner:
Driver:
Race: Gorham Races
Date: 6-30-1936
The Lad

Owner: Richard J. Reynolds
Driver: B. White
Race:
Date: 8-4-1934
The Law

Owner: W. H. Bird
Driver: L. Toole
Race: 2.03 Pace
Date: 7-21-1939
The Maid

Owner: Unknown
Driver: Unknown
Race: Portland Fair Grounds Free-for-all
Date: 7-4-1924
The Master

Owner: Charles Mridith
Driver: T. Ackerman
Race: 2.17 Trot
Date: 7-18-1939
The Northern Knight beats Direct Braden

Owner: A. E. Webber
Driver: Bill Donnelly
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 10-10-1935
The Northern Knight [Northern Night]

Owner: Unknown
Driver: Donnelly
Race: 2.16 Trot or Pace
Date: 8-5-1931
The Northern Knight wins 1st heat 2.14 Pace

Owner: A. E. Webber
Driver: Donnelly
Race: 2.14 Trot and Pace
Date: 9-1933
The Northern Knight wins 2nd heat

Owner: A. E. Webber
Driver: Donnelly
Race: Press Herald 2.14 Pace
Date: 8-1934
The Northern Knight wins 2nd heat

Owner: A. E. Webber
Driver: Donnelly
Race: 2.14 Trot and Pace
Date: 9-1933
Theo Echo — Day up

Owner: H. M. Day
Driver: Day
Race: 2.30 Trot
Date: 8-10-1926
The Outlook--Day up

Owner: H. M Day
Driver: Harley M. Day
Race: Handicap Trot and Pace
Date: 8-4-1936
The Outlook wins 1st heat

Owner: J. H. Randall
Driver: H. Clukey
Race: 2.18 Class Pace
Date: 9-28-1933
The Outlook wins 2nd Race

Owner: H. M Day
Driver: Harley M. Day
Race: Handicap Trot and Pace
Date: 8-4-1936
The Outwit

Owner: Phillip Pearson
Driver: Safford
Race: 2.05 Pace
Date: 7-5-1939
The Rule

Owner: Dr. F. A. Bragdon
Driver: Smith
Race: 2.27 Trot and Pace
Date: 7-16-1931