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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Frank Q

Owner: Littlefield
Driver: Unknown
Race: 2.30 Trot or Pace
Date: 8-26-1926
Frank Q.

Owner: F. C. Littlefield
Driver: Unknown
Race: 2.16 Trot or Pace
Date: 8-13-1931
Frank Q.

Owner:
Driver: Thompson
Race: 2.16 Trot and Pace
Date: 10-11-1933
Frank's Brother

Owner: C. B. Ross
Driver: Unknown
Race: 2.25 Trot or Pace
Date: 8-10-1927
Frank's Brother—Mcdonald up

Owner: Ralph Kennett
Driver: Kennett
Race: 2.15 Trot and Pace
Date: 7-18-1934
Freddie and Aunt Ida

Owner: H. Stacy Smith, Newbrook Stable
Driver: William Hodson
Race:
Date: 8-2-1935
Freddie Bradbury holding Aunt Ida

Owner: H. Stacy Smith, Newbrook Stable
Driver: William Hodson
Race:
Date: 8-2-1935
Frederic McElwyn

Owner: Arden Homestead Stable
Driver: W. Dickerson
Race: 2.18 Class Trot
Date: 7-21-1937
Fred Hamer

Owner: Michael Schneider
Driver: Harry McKay
Race: Two Year Olds Pacing One Mile
Date: 7-31-1936
Fred R. — Nelson up

Owner: A. L. Stanwood
Driver: Nelson
Race: 2.13 Trot & Pace
Date: 9-17-1930
Frisco Abbey

Owner: Mrs. E. R. Flagg
Driver: Havens
Race: 3 Year Old Trot
Date: 7-15-1941
Frisco Abbey wins 3rd race

Owner: Mrs. E. R. Flagg
Driver: Havens
Race: 3 Year Old Trot
Date: 7-15-1941
Friscomite

Owner: Arden Homestead Stable
Driver: W. Dickerson
Race: The Pine Tree Second Division
Date: 7-23-1937
Friscomite wins two races

Owner: Arden Homestead Stable
Driver: W. Dickerson
Race: The Pine Tree Second Division
Date: 7-23-1937
Friscomite wins two races

Owner: Arden Homestead Stable
Driver: W. Dickerson
Race: The Pine Tree Second Division
Date: 7-23-1937
Frisco Star

Owner: Unknown
Driver: W. Crozier
Race: 2.12 Class Pace, Sage Park, Windsor Connecticut
Date: 7-8-1926