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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Calumet Carrie

Owner: I. D. Woodworth
Driver: C. Mabrey
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 8-5-1932
Calumet Character ― Jordan up

Owner: George H. Smith
Driver: Jordan
Race: 2.24 Class Trot and Pace
Date: 9-1933
Calumet Charles

Owner: A. H. Hayes
Driver: Gerrow
Race: Press Herald 2.14 Pace
Date: 8-1934
Calumet Charles

Owner: A. H. Hayes
Driver:
Race:
Date: 8-1-1935
Calumet Charles

Owner: A. H. Hayes
Driver: Gerrow
Race: Press Herald 2.14 Pace
Date: 8-1934
Calumet Charles sets new track record--2.05

Owner: Forest Bond
Driver: Patterson
Race: Exhibition
Date: 9-18-1936
Calumet Charles wins

Owner: A. H. Hayes
Driver: Patterson
Race: Free for All Pace
Date: 9-19-1935
Calumet Charles wins from Forbes Direct

Owner: A. H. Hayes
Driver: Patterson
Race: Shriners' Free For All Pace
Date: 8-22-1935
Calumet Chimes

Owner: Charles Proctor
Driver: Snell
Race: 2.21 Trot
Date: 10-6-1936
Calumet Chimes

Owner: E. C. Snowden
Driver: Haddock
Race: 3-Year Old and Under
Date: 8-1932
Calumet Chimes

Owner: Charles Proctor
Driver: Hall
Race: 2.20 Trot
Date: 10-16-1936
Calumet Christmas

Owner: West Kingston Club
Driver: W. Crozier
Race: 2.17 Class Trot
Date: 8-11-1933
Calumet Chrysler

Owner: C. A. Mason
Driver: Smith
Race: Pace
Date: 8-23-1935
Calumet Chrysler wins 6th race

Owner: Mrs. C. P. Mason
Driver: Mason
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 9-17-1935
Calumet Cincinnatti

Owner: James F. Young
Driver: H. Brusie
Race: Non Winners of the $400 Race in 1933 Trot
Date: 8-5-1933
Calumet Cincinnatti [Cincinnati]

Owner: Y. & L. Stable
Driver: A. Rodney
Race: 2.12 Class Trot
Date: 9-26-1935