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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Harvest High wins 2nd race
Owner: Miss Christine Brown
Driver: Brown
Race: 2.25 Trot and Pace
Date: 10-10-1935 -
Hattie Axe
Owner: L. O. Ross
Driver: J. Caton
Race: Non-winners of Two Races, 1934 Pace
Date: 8-1-1934 -
Hazel McKlyo
Owner: Unknown
Driver: C. Dill
Race: 2.12 Class Pace, Sage Park, Windsor Connecticut
Date: 7-8-1926 -
<b>Hazel McKlyo</b>, Volo Rico, & Hollyrood Jacquline: Start 1st Heat
Owner: A. B. Martin Stable
Driver: A. Martin
Race: 2.09 Class Pace
Date: 7-4-1930 -
Hazel McKlyo, <b>Volo Rico</b>, & Hollyrood Jacquline: Start 1st Heat
Owner: James P. Berry
Driver: W. Crozier
Race: 2.09 Class Pace
Date: 7-4-1930 -
Hazel McKlyo, Volo Rico, & <b>Hollyrood Jacquline</b>: Start of 1st Heat
Owner: Blue Ridge Stable
Driver: W. Breitenfield
Race: 2.09 Class Pace
Date: 7-4-1930 -
H. Clukey with Gracious Lady wins cup Cumberland 1937
Owner: Sullivan & Mawhinney
Driver: Henry Clukey
Race: 2 Yr Old Pine Tree Pace
Date: 9-15-1937 -
Heigh Ho
Owner: J. I. & E. T. Lyle
Driver: F. Egan
Race: Three Year Olds Trotting Fillies
Date: 7-13-1939