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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Dusty Hanover wins 7th Race
Owner: Hanover Shoe Farms
Driver: Henry Thomas
Race: The National Stake Two Year Olds Pacing One Mile
Date: 7-30-1936 -
Earl's Maritana
Owner: Irvin W. Gleason
Driver: W. Hodson
Race: The American Stake Two Year Olds Pace
Date: 8-3-1935 -
Earl's Moody Guy
Owner: Earl F. Shropshire
Driver: T. Berry
Race: National Stake Foals of 1937 Trot
Date: 7-13-1939 -
Earl's Moody Guy wins 1st race
Owner: Earl F. Shropshire
Driver: T. Berry
Race: The American Stake Two Year Olds Trot
Date: 7-27-1939 -
Earl's Spencerian
Owner: Earl F. Shropshire
Driver: J. Kingsley
Race: National Stake Three Year Olds Trot
Date: 7-21-1937 -
Early Season Workout-Billy Strathmore
Owner: J. Howard Randall
Driver: Unidentified
Race:
Date: 6-1-1935 -
Early Season Workouts: Moko McKlyo (l) and <b> Archie D. </b> (r)
Owner: Bernard Ward
Driver: Unknown
Race:
Date: 1927 -
Early Season Workouts: <b>Moko McKlyo</b> (l) and Archie D. (r)
Owner: W. S. Malcolm
Driver: Unknown
Race:
Date: 1927 -
Easefast — King up
Owner: Unknown
Driver: H. King
Race: 2.15 Class Pace, Sage Park, Windsor Connecticut
Date: 7-9-1926 -
Easter Lee
Owner: E. C. Snowden
Driver: J. Haddock
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-8-1940
