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.

Printing is not supported at the primary Gallery Thumbnail page. Please first navigate to a specific Image before printing.

Switch View to List View Slideshow

Briar Hanover

Owner: R. A. Murdock
Driver: Porter
Race: First Division 2.17 Bar Trot
Date: 7-31-1939
Briar Hanover [near side]

Owner: R. A. Murdock
Driver: Porter
Race: First Division 2.17 Bar Trot
Date: 7-31-1939
Bright Hanover

Owner: Grant A. Hunt
Driver: J. Hanafin
Race: 3 Year Old Trot
Date: 8-19-1938
Bright Sunshine — Fox up

Owner: W.S. Malcom — F.P. Fox (Agt)
Driver: Frank P. Fox
Race: Oxford County Fair 2.19 Trot
Date: 9-13-1924
Brogan

Owner: R. A. Hoeffner
Driver: R. Hoeffner
Race: Classified One Mile Trot
Date: 7-4-1935
Broncho

Owner: H. L. McVey
Driver: J. McVey
Race: The National Stake Two Year Olds Pacing One Mile
Date: 7-30-1936
Bronx

Owner: H. M. Clark
Driver: A. Rodney
Race: Classified Trot
Date: 8-1-1932
Brookdale

Owner: George H. Benham
Driver: H. Myott
Race: 2.20 Pace
Date: 7-18-1939
Brotherdale

Owner: Mrs. Fred J. (Avis) Gross
Driver:
Race: Pre season warm up
Date: 5-1-1940
Brother Hanover

Owner: Hanover Shoe Farms
Driver: T. Berry
Race: Classified Trot
Date: 8-1-1932
Brown Berry—Egan up

Owner: J. I. Lyle
Driver: F. Egan
Race: The American Stake Foals of 1931
Date: 8-2-1933
Brown Berry finishing third; 2nd heat 2 year olds

Owner: J. I. Lyle
Driver: F. Egan
Race: Two-Year Olds Trot
Date: 8-5-1932
Brownheart — Nichols up

Owner: D. Nichols
Driver: D. Nichols
Race: 2.20 Class Trot or Pace
Date: 8-23-1927
Brownie Hanover

Owner: Hanover Shoe Farms
Driver: H. Parshall
Race: The American Stake Two Year Olds Trot
Date: 8-3-1935
Bucco Jr.

Owner: W. DuPont
Driver: Bison
Race: 2.17 Pace
Date: 10-9-1935
Buck Hanover--Hawkins up

Owner: Dan McMann
Driver: Hawkins
Race: 3-Year-Old Pace
Date: 9-26-1936