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 Marycrest - Activities
Camp Marycrest - Activities
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    • Date Created: 1948
    • Description: 1948 photo of girls at batting practice. Others kneel on the ground with baseball mitts at the ready.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
    Camp Marycrest - Activities
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      • Date Created: 1948
      • Description: 1948 Campers gather outside for an activity. Photo #33?
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
      Camp Marycrest - Activities
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        • Date Created: 1961
        • Description: 1961 photo of girls outside in a field paired up perhaps learning square dance. Photo #7.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
        Camp Marycrest - Activities
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          • Date Created: 1959
          • Description: 1959 photo of campers making a variety of crafts. They sit and work at a table in a room with counter tops and many drawers. Photo #19.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
          Camp Marycrest - Activities
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            • Date Created: 1959
            • Description: 1959 photo of campers standing with a Camp Marycrest banner in front a a decorated truck made to look like a boat. The date July 4, 1609 is lettered on the side of the boat. Other campers are dressed as Samuel de Champlain and Indian guides perhaps in preparation for a parade commemorating Champlain landing on the shores of the lake. Photo #2
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
            Camp Marycrest - Activities
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              • Description: Undated photo of young campers with counselors enjoying activities including playing with a beach ball in the waters of Lake Champlain. A dock is to the right and a rope with floating wood blocks marks a boundary. Photo #19.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
              Camp Marycrest - Activities
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                • Description: A game of girls badminton near a main building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
                Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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                  • Description: 1945 photo of young campers with their counselor standing in front of their cabin, Unksus, a honor cabin.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Theatricals
                  Camp Abnaki - Theatricals
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                    • Description: 1948 Young campers put on a dramatic production outside for an audience at Camp Abnaki. Photo #4.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
                    Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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                      • Description: 1946 group photo of parents and young campers gathered on the porch of one of the main buildings at Camp Abnaki. Photo #7.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs