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 - Waterfront
Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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    • Description: 1943 photo of young campers swimming, diving, canoeing in Lake Champlain while camping at Camp Abnaki. Photo #15.
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    Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
    Camp Marycrest - Activities
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: Summer 1945. Campers swim, dive and stand on the dock in Lake Champlain while at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #6.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
      Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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        • Date Created: 1944-07
        • Description: July 1944. Young campers gather on the dock while others swim and canoe in Lake Champlain at Camp Abnaki. Photo #7.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
        Camp Marycrest - Activities
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          • Description: Campers swim in Lake Champlain while at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #25.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
          Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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            • Description: 1943 photo of young campers swimming, diving, boating in Lake Champlain while at Camp Abnaki. Photo #14.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
            Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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              • Description: July 1944. Campers learn swimming techniques in Lake Champlain. Each boy holds the head of a companion above water. Photo #34.
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              Miniature of Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
              Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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                • Description: A group of campers participate in what appears to be synchronized swimming in Lake Champlain at Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle; probably taken in the 1950s or 1960s. Camp operated by the Sisters of Mercy from 1957 to 1993. Photo #24.
                • 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 Malletts Bay - Colchester, VT
                  Malletts Bay - Colchester, VT
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                    • Date Created: 1935-1936
                    • Description: 1935 /1936 summer photo of children and adults enjoying Lake Champlain as seen at Malletts Bay in Colchester, Vermont.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
                    Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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                      • Description: A group of campers participate in swimming activity in Lake Champlain at Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle; probably taken in the 1950s or 1960s. Camp operated by the Sisters of Mercy from 1957 to 1993. Photo #25.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs