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: 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.
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    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.
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        Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Theatricals
        Camp Abnaki - Theatricals
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          • Date Created: 1948
          • Description: 1948 Young campers put on a dramatic production outside for an audience at Camp Abnaki. Photo #6.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Camp MacArthur (Waitsfield, VT)
          Camp MacArthur (Waitsfield, VT)
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            • Description: Undated A large truck is loaded with summer theater campers from Camp MacArthur in Waitsfield, Vermont.
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            Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
            Camp Marycrest - Activities
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              • Description: Undated photo of young campers with counselors enjoying activities in the waters of Lake Champlain. A dock is to the right and a rope with floating wood blocks marks a boundary. Photo #16.
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              Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
              Camp Marycrest - Activities
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                • Description: Campers of Camp Marycrest gather outside in a field around an archery target and examine the arrows that hit the mark. Photo #12.
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                Miniature of Camps: Unidentified
                Camps: Unidentified
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                  • Description: A girls' team takes the field in a summer ball game perhaps at a girls camp. They are dressed in uniform with long sleeved white tops, sailor type dark colored ties and bloomers. Cottages and mountains are seen in the background. Location and date unknown but may be 1920s, 1930s. Photo #23.
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                  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.
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                    Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
                    Camp Marycrest - Activities
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                      • Description: 1947 Volley ball at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #4?
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