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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Tommy Express — Mason up

Owner: C. P. Mason
Driver: Mason
Race: 2.24 Class Trot or Pace
Date: 9-1930
<b>Tommy Express</b> winning from Alton Worthy

Owner: J. L. Quinby
Driver: Unknown
Race: 2.27 Class Trot and Pace
Date: 8-7-1930
Tommy Finch Jr.

Owner: Arthur Richardson
Driver: Nelson
Race: 2.17 Pace Class
Date: 9-2-1926
Tom Thumb

Owner: I. W. Pottle
Driver: Pottle
Race: 2.22 Stake Trot
Date: 8-20-1931
Tony G.

Owner: Charles J. Knight
Driver: Unknown
Race: Portland Fair Grounds 2.24 Fair Race
Date: 7-4-1924
Tony Hanover

Owner: R. M. Norton
Driver: A. Crossman
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-13-1940
Tony Hanover

Owner: R. M. Norton
Driver:
Race: Pre season warm up
Date: 5-1-1940
Tony Hanover

Owner: Hanover Shoe Farms
Driver: H. Thomas
Race: 2.24 Class Trot
Date: 7-26-1937
Tony Hanover

Owner: R. M. Norton
Driver:
Race: Pre season warm up
Date: 5-1-1940
Tony Hanover

Owner: R. M. Norton
Driver: A. Crossman
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-13-1940
Tony Mack

Owner: H. H. Hayes
Driver: H. Hayes
Race: Pine Tree Circuit Races, Maine State Fair Grounds, Lewiston, Maine
Date: 7-18-1924
Tony Mack

Owner: H. H. Hayes
Driver: H. Hayes
Race: Pine Tree Circuit Races, Maine State Fair Grounds, Lewiston, Maine
Date: 7-18-1924
Tony Mac [sic] — Hayes up

Owner: H. H. Hayes
Driver: H. Hayes
Race: Cumberland County Fair 2.15 Pace
Date: 9-17-1924
Tony Worthy — H. Goodhart

Owner: A. S. Case
Driver: H. Goodhart
Race: Bay State Circuit 2.15 Class Pace
Date: 6-30-1930
Top Hat

Owner: Reed Brothers
Driver: Chappelle
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 7-7-1938
Top Hat -- Chappelle up

Owner: George Reed Brothers
Driver: Chappelle
Race: 3 Year Old Pace
Date: 7-2-1938