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 Widower
Owner: W. F. Hetherington
Driver: Vic Fleming
Race: National Stake Two Year Olds Pace
Date: 7-22-1937 -
Thomas Cross
Owner: William Cross
Driver: Silva
Race: Portland Fair Grounds 2.24 Fair Race
Date: 7-4-1924 -
Thompson Dillon
Owner: Unknown
Driver: W. Leese
Race: 2.09 Class Pace, Sage Park, Windsor Connecticut
Date: 7-9-1926 -
Three Bells - H. Day up
Owner: H. W. Day
Driver: H. Day
Race: Portland Fair Grounds 2.24 Fair Race
Date: 7-4-1924 -
Thrustfast — Jordan up
Owner: Dr. A. L. Stanwood
Driver: Jordan
Race: 2.22 Stake Trot
Date: 8-20-1931 -
Thrustfast wins 1st heat
Owner: A. H. Pinkham
Driver: Michaud
Race: Free for All Trot
Date: 7-18-1934 -
Tidemark wins 2nd race
Owner: J. Haddock, Agent
Driver: Haddock
Race: Oxford County Agricultural Races
Date: 9-14-1939 -
Tillie Tonka
Owner: C. W. Phellis
Driver: F. Egan
Race: The American Stake Three Year Olds Trot
Date: 8-3-1935 -
Tillie Tonka
Owner: C. W. Phellis
Driver: F. Egan
Race: The American Stake Three Year Olds Trot
Date: 8-3-1935
