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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Hollyrood Lyda
Owner: J. L. Dodge
Driver: J. Dodge
Race: The American Stake Two Year Olds Trot
Date: 8-3-1935 -
Hollyrood Marshall
Owner: James Cox Brady
Driver: H. Whitney
Race: Pine Tree Third Division Trot
Date: 7-21-1937 -
Hollyrood Portia
Owner: John L. Dodge
Driver: J. Dodge
Race: The American Stake Foals of 1931
Date: 8-2-1933 -
Hollyrood Reina
Owner: John Bruemmer
Driver: H. McKay
Race: Non-winners of Two Races, 1934 Trot
Date: 8-1-1934 -
Hollyrood Roman—Childs up
Owner: J. D. Welsh Estate
Driver: M. Childs
Race: 2.11 Class Trot
Date: 8-2-1933 -
Hollyrood Sara wins 6th Race
Owner: Thomas Gaines
Driver: Vic Fleming
Race: 2.10 Class Pace
Date: 8-1-1936 -
Hollyrood Speed (bottom)
Owner: L. H. Taylor
Driver: McDonald
Race: Talbot, Brooks & Ayer 2.19 Trot
Date: 8-8-1935 -
Hollyrood Speed (middle)
Owner: L. H. Taylor
Driver: McDonald
Race: Talbot, Brooks & Ayer 2.19 Trot
Date: 8-8-1935 -
Hollyrood Speed (top) --Winning at Gorham
Owner: L. H. Taylor
Driver: McDonald
Race: Talbot, Brooks & Ayer 2.19 Trot
Date: 8-8-1935 -
Hollyrood Speed (winning) Dude Potempkin and Expectation
Owner: Roy Taylor
Driver: J. McDonald
Race: 2.15 Class Trot
Date: 10-8-1935 -
Hollyway
Owner: J. B. Reynolds
Driver: R. Parker
Race: The Parker House 2.10 Class Pace
Date: 8-5-1932
