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 Debutante wins from Calumet Adage on a break

Owner: Frank Fay
Driver: H. Cameron
Race: Non Winners of Two Races in 1933 Trot
Date: 8-11-1933
Calumet Debutante wins from Calumet Adage on a break

Owner: George Cowdrey
Driver: W. Gibbons
Race: Non Winners of Two Races in 1933 Trot
Date: 8-11-1933
Calumet Delhi

Owner: Grantham Baker
Driver: P. Stuart
Race: Classified One Mile Pace
Date: 7-20-1935
Calumet Delhi

Owner: Grantham Baker
Driver: P. Stuart
Race: Classified One Mile Pace
Date: 7-20-1935
Calumet Delores

Owner: Fred Wells
Driver: Berry
Race: 2.15 Pace
Date: 10-7-1938
Calumet Delores wins

Owner: Fred Wells
Driver: Berry
Race: 2.15 Pace
Date: 10-7-1938
Calumet Denecisco

Owner: Robert Landry
Driver: H. Small
Race: 2.22 Pace
Date: 8-17-1937
Calumet Denecisco wins

Owner: George McClellan
Driver: Eastman
Race: Special Trot or Pace
Date: 9-20-1935
Calumet Denescisco [Calumet Deniscisco]

Owner: George McClellan
Driver: Eastman
Race: N. T. Fox Co. Special Pace
Date: 8-6-1935
Calumet Denver

Owner: Henry Fettle
Driver: H. Pownall
Race: 2.18 Class Trot
Date: 8-3-1935
Calumet Desmond

Owner: M. B. Dodd
Driver: W. Hodson
Race: The Rotary International Three-Year-Old Trot
Date: 8-5-1933
Calumet Desmond

Owner: M. B. Dodd
Driver: W. Hodson
Race: The Rotary International Three-Year-Old Trot
Date: 8-5-1933
Calumet Desmond

Owner: M. B. Dodd
Driver: W. Hodson
Race: The Rotary International Three-Year-Old Trot
Date: 8-5-1933
Calumet Desmond wins from Atlantic Volo

Owner: M. B. Dodd
Driver: W. Hodson
Race: The Rotary International Three-Year-Old Trot
Date: 8-5-1933
Calumet Devil

Owner: Hughes Brothers
Driver: Hughes
Race:
Date: 10-18-1935
Calumet Devil—Hughes up

Owner: Carl Hughes
Driver: Hughes
Race: 2.19 Trot and Pace
Date: 7-18-1934