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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Gwendolyn Aubrey beats Donna Volo Peter
Owner: Myron Ludwick
Driver: Small
Race: 2.16 Class Trot and Pace
Date: 9-1933 -
<b>Gwendolyn Aubrey</b> beats Fannie Volo
Owner: Myron Ludwick
Driver: Clukey
Race: 2.14 Trot
Date: 8-1932 -
Gwendolyn Aubrey beats <b>Fannie Volo</b>
Owner: E. E. Arey
Driver: Rowe
Race: 2.14 Trot
Date: 8-1932 -
<b>Gwendolyn Aubrey</b> beats Topworthy
Owner: Clukey Stable
Driver: Unknown
Race: 2.14 Trot
Date: 9-1-1932 -
Gwendolyn Aubrey beats <b>Topworthy</b>
Owner: Franz Simmons
Driver: Unknown
Race: 2.14 Trot
Date: 9-1-1932 -
Gwendolyn Aubrey — Small up
Owner: Myron Ludwick
Driver: Small
Race: 2.16 Class Trot and Pace
Date: 9-1933 -
Gyda Dewey
Owner: F. M. Hunnewell
Driver: Hunnewell
Race: 2.25 Trot and Pace (Cumberland and York County owned--Owners to drive)
Date: 8-31-1926 -
Gyp Direct
Owner: M. F. Fitzgerald
Driver: Fitzgerald
Race: Free for All Trot and Pace
Date: 8-17-1932 -
Hal Abbe wins from Chief Abbedale
Owner: Hadley Brothers
Driver: H. Parshall
Race: 2.16 Class Pace
Date: 8-2-1933 -
Hal Bee Laurel wins 7th race
Owner: William Sullivan
Driver: McCarthy
Race: Free-for-All Pace
Date: 8-2-1940 -
Hal B. Laurel [Hal Bee Laurel]
Owner: W. G. Reynolds
Driver: Harry Pownal
Race: 2.17 Pace
Date: 10-14-1936