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 - Activities
Camp Abnaki - Activities
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    • Description: A group of campers and their counselor holding a skunk seen alongside a row of cabins at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated 1951. Photo #26.
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    Miniature of Camps - Summer
    Camps - Summer
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      • Description: Summer, Fall 1945 photo of a group of young women seated on the steps of a camp building. An older woman is seated in the center of the group. Photo #4.
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      Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Buildings
      Camp Marycrest - Buildings
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        • Description: 1959 photo of a large barn like building at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont Photo #22.
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        Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Buildings
        Camp Marycrest - Buildings
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          • Description: Summer 1948 side view photo of the large main building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
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          Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
          Kamp Kill Kare
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            • Description: A boy jumps over a high bar at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
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            Miniature of Miscellaneous
            Miscellaneous
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              • Date Created: 1959
              • Description: 1959 outdoor BBQ camp fire with cook creating steam by pouring water.
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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 in front of their cabin, Agaskw, with their counselor. Photo #14. Some of the boys wear swimming trunks.
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                Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
                Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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                  • Description: Young campers lined up outside a Vermont Transit Lines bus with counselor and bus driver at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated July 1944. Photo #32.
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                  Miniature of Camp Birchcliffe Activities
                  Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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                    • Date Created: 1946/1947
                    • Description: 1946/1947 A woman plays a bugle as adult campers are gathered on the green surrounded by trees outside one of the buildings of Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #3.
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                    Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Misc.
                    Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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                      • Date Created: 1940s
                      • Description: 1940s photo of Marycrest campers, nuns, camp staff eating a meal on the steps of one of the large buildings on the grounds. Photo #3.
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