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 Birchcliffe
Camp Birchcliffe
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    • Date Created: 1945-07
    • Description: July 1945 Adult campers sit on the porch of one of the buildings on the grounds of Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Misc.
    Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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      • Date Created: 1948
      • Description: Summer 1948 photo of a group of Marycrest campers seated in a semi circle on the porch.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
      Camp Abnaki - Activities
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        • Description: Group portrait photo of six campers with musical instruments and their counselor in front of one of the cabins at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vermont. The boys wear logo T-shirts with color collars and sleeve cuffs. Photograph is dated 1961. Photo #4.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
        Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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          • Date Created: 1944-07
          • Description: July 1944 photo of young campers standing in front of their cabin, Wabas, No. 25, with their counselor.
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          Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
          Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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            • Date Created: 1946
            • Description: 1946 photo of young campers standing with a camp counselor in front of their cabin. Photo #18.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Buildings
            Camp Marycrest - Buildings
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              • Date Created: 1959
              • Description: 1959 photo of a large building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
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              Miniature of Military Groups
              Military Groups
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                • Date Created: 1935
                • Description: 1935 or 1936 photo of members of the Citizens' Military Training Camp A & B Co
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
                Kamp Kill Kare
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                  • Description: Campers at boys' camp Kamp Kill Kare assemble outside on bleachers for a group portrait.
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                  Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
                  Kamp Kill Kare
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                    • Description: Group portrait of boy campers and staff at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated. Photo #3.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
                    Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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                      • Description: July 1944. Group photo of campers gathered around the totem pole in front of one of the main buildings at Camp Abnaki. Photo #37.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs