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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Winning from Angel Child
Owner: A. O. Taylor
Driver: S. Erskine
Race: Old Orchard Beach Track Association
Date: 7-28-1936 -
Worthy Glow wins 3rd race
Owner: Mrs. Fred (Avis) Gross
Driver: Hall
Race: Classified Trot
Date: 7-9-1938 -
Worthy Grattan--Dennis up
Owner: J. E. Crosbie
Driver: W. Dennis
Race: Classified Pacing One Mile
Date: 8-1-1936 -
Worthy Hanover
Owner: Sullivan and Mawlinnell
Driver: C. Chappelle
Race: Non Money Winners Over a Mile Track in 1934
Date: 8-2-1933 -
Worthy Hanover
Owner: Sullivan & Mawlinnell
Driver: C. Chappelle
Race: Non Money Winners Over a Mile Track in 1934
Date: 8-2-1933 -
Worthy Hanover wins 1st heat
Owner: Sullivan and McWinney
Driver: P. Chappelle
Race: Three Year Olds Pace
Date: 9-28-1933 -
Worthy Hanover wins from Viking
Owner: Sullivan & McWhinney
Driver: P. Chappelle
Race: Three Year Olds Trot and Pace
Date: 10-11-1933 -
<b>Worthy Heir</b>: Neil Brooke Wins 1st Heat 2.20 Trot
Owner: J. W. Van Buskirk
Driver: D. Stokes
Race: 2.20 Class Trot
Date: 8-1-1932 -
Worthy Peter--Miss Hannefin up
Owner: C. F. Atwood and E. E. Raley
Driver: Miss Hannafin
Race: Ladies Race
Date: 9-10-1938 -
Worthy Peter wins
Owner: Walter H. Bird
Driver: L. Brusie
Race: Handicap Trotting-Pacing
Date: 9-28-1934
