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 - Misc.
Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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    • Description: Summer 1948 photo of adults and children seated in groups on the lawn of Camp Marycrest enjoying conversation and refreshments.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Camps - Summer
    Camps - Summer
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: Summer, Fall 1945 photo of a group of young women seated on the steps of a camp building. An older woman sits in the center of the group. Photo #3.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
      Camp Abnaki - Activities
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        • Description: Campers and counselors relaxing in a community room at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated July 1944. Photo #14.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
        Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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          • Date Created: 1950
          • Description: 1950 photo of three groups of campers and men gathered near cabins at Camp Abnaki.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Camp Birchcliffe Activities
          Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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            • Date Created: 1945-07
            • Description: July 1945. A woman plays the bugle while adult campers and a couple of children gather on the green outside one of the buildings of Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #1.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp MacArthur (Waitsfield, VT)
            Camp MacArthur (Waitsfield, VT)
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              • Date Created: 1944
              • Description: 1944 Buildings in Waitsfield, Vermont; part of Camp MacArthur. Photo #12
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Chapel & Services
              Camp Marycrest - Chapel & Services
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                • Description: Worship service at Camp Marycrest in one of the large buildings. Chairs and pews are in place while the girls stand along the wall holding booklets. Photo #45.
                • 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 an event at Camp Marycrest. Adults form a line as they pass food tables. Photo #6.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
                  Kamp Kill Kare
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                    • Description: Boys enjoy watching a group of rabbits outside on the grounds of Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs