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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Hanover Mascot wins--1st race in Maine with Mutuels
Owner: Dr. Frederick Augustus Bragdon
Driver: Pottle
Race: Proctor House Stake 2.24 Trot
Date: 8-6-1935 -
Hanover Mascot wins 2nd race
Owner: Dr. F. A. Bragdon
Driver: Haddock
Race: 2.08 Trot and Pace
Date: 9-2-1937 -
Hanover Medium--Thomas up
Owner: Hanover Shoe Farms
Driver: H. Thomas
Race: 2.16 Class Pace
Date: 8-1-1936 -
Hanover Medium wins 2nd Race
Owner: Hanover Shoe Farms
Driver: H. Thomas
Race: 2.16 Class Pace
Date: 8-1-1936 -
Hanover Peters noses out John Rowland, 3rd heat
Owner: P. H. Stuart
Driver: Stuart
Race: Cushman Baking Co. Stake 2.16 Trot
Date: 8-1934 -
Hanover Peters wins 3rd race
Owner: P. H. Stuart
Driver: P. Stuart
Race: 2.12 Class Trot
Date: 7-23-1937 -
Hanover Prophet
Owner: Holsapple and Garner
Driver: H. Brusie
Race: Classified One Mile Pace
Date: 7-20-1935 -
Happy (Brusie) wins
Owner: Matthewson & Crossley
Driver: Harry Brusie
Race: The Old Orchard Beach Third Division Pace
Date: 7-29-1936
