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 Dubuque wins 2nd race
Owner: Old Town Hill Stables
Driver: J. Hanafin
Race: Jr. Free for All Trot
Date: 8-16-1940 -
Calumet Dubuque wins 3rd race
Owner: Old Town Hill Stables
Driver: J. Hanafin
Race: 2.15 Class Trot
Date: 10-1-1937 -
Calumet Dubuque wins 3rd race
Owner: Old Town Hill Farm
Driver: J. Hanafin
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-15-1940 -
Calumet Dubuque wins 6th race
Owner: Old Town Hill Farm
Driver: J. Hanafin
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-15-1940 -
Calumet Dubuque wins twice
Owner: Old Town Hill Stables
Driver: J. Hannafin
Race: Grand Circuit Meet
Date: 7-24-1937 -
Calumet Dubuque wins twice
Owner: Old Town Hill Stables
Driver: J. Hannafin
Race: Grand Circuit Meet
Date: 7-24-1937 -
Calumet Dude wins 2nd heat
Owner: S. A. Wathen
Driver: Wathen
Race: 3 Years Trot and Pace
Date: 9-1933 -
Calumet Edward
Owner: M. Johnson
Driver: Johnson
Race: Oxford County Agricultural Races
Date: 9-12-1939 -
Calumet Elam wins 6th Race
Owner: Stan A. Wathen
Driver: Wendell Wathen
Race: 2.16 Stake Pace
Date: 8-4-1936 -
Calumet Elam wins from Hanover Courier
Owner: S. A. Wathen
Driver: Wathen
Race: Pace
Date: 8-20-1935 -
Calumet Elbert--Day up
Owner: James J. Parle
Driver: Day
Race: Old Orchard Beach Track Association
Date: 6-24-1936
