Louis L. McAllister Photographs

Louis L. McAllister photographed people and places near Burlington, Vermont for 60 years. He was born in Columbus, Nebraska on October 16, 1876, the son of Julius S. McAllister (born 1841 in Lincoln, VT) and Rosette Gould (born in Vermont in 1851). Julius McAllister worked as a photographer and dentist in Washington D.C., Bristol, Vermont and Columbus, Nebraska. Around 1895, Julius, his third wife Amy, and their children left Nebraska for the Union Soldiers’ Colony in Fitzgerald, Georgia. By 1900, Julius and Amy were divorced, and Amy and her stepson Louis were working as photographers in Thomasville, Georgia. In 1907 Louis McAllister married Cora Shepard (born about 1872 in Vermont) in Holland, Michigan. By 1910, they were living in Queen City Park in South Burlington, Vermont, where Louis established a photography studio. The McAllisters moved to Burlington, and by 1919 they lived at 47 N. Winooski Avenue. They continued to occupy a summer cottage at Queen City Park, and were active in the Queen City Park Association, which held spiritualist camp meetings annually. McAllister conducted his photography business from home until his death in 1963. McAllister’s “trademark” was his panorama camera which made him familiar to all sorts of groups ranging from graduating classes to state police to summer camp groups. In addition he did print 8 x 10 photos, many of which document building construction and Burlington Street Department projects, as well as group and individual portraits. The L.L. McAllister Collection includes portraits, construction projects, buildings, businesses and events in the Burlington area covering the period ca. 1920-1960. The collection also includes photos of street, bridge, airport and sewer construction and repair, as well as group portraits of clubs, schools, etc. Revised April, 2010

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Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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    • Date Created: 1944-07
    • Description: July 1944. Young campers gather on the dock while others swim and canoe in Lake Champlain at Camp Abnaki. Photo #7.
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    Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Misc.
    Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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      • Date Created: 1948
      • Description: Summer 1948 photo of a group of girls with a camp leader. Photo #6.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
      Camp Marycrest - Activities
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        • Description: Campers swim in Lake Champlain while at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #25.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
        Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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          • Description: 1943 photo of young campers swimming, diving, boating in Lake Champlain while at Camp Abnaki. Photo #14.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
          Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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            • Description: July 1944. Campers learn swimming techniques in Lake Champlain. Each boy holds the head of a companion above water. Photo #34.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp Birchcliffe Activities
            Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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              • Description: 1946/1947 Folks sit on the porch of a main building at Camp Birchcliffe in Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #1.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
              Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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                • Description: Campers, staff and Sisters of Mercy nuns line the front porch and stairs of the main building of Camp Marycrest and enjoy a meal. Note real tea cups are being used. Most folks wear sweaters or jackets. Could this be an end of season gathering? The camp was for girls and operated from 1957 to 1993 by the Sisters of Mercy located in Grand Isle, Vermont. Undated but may be 1950s or 1960s.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Camps: Unidentified
                Camps: Unidentified
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                  • Description: A group portrait of young and slightly older boys in uniform and male adults in the out-of-doors perhaps at a boys' summer camp. Shirts have a large letter "K". Could this be Kamp Kill Kare? Date and location unknown but may be 1920s or 1930s. Photo #26.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
                  Kamp Kill Kare
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                    • Description: Boy campers demonstrate camping skills. They have their tent. One boy uses an ax to chop wood for a fire. One boy holds canned food. Another boy starts a camp fire. All activities at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
                    Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                      • Date Created: 1953
                      • Description: Summer camp staff? Several small cottages seen in the background. One woman poses with a baseball bat. Photo #3.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs