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.
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Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 Mr. William S. Preston, Sr. with BHS student, Ann Kolk (business manager of the Oread) at the F. J. Preston & Son jewelry store in Burlington. Photo appears in the 1954 BHS Oread, p. 34, Advertisements section.
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Burlington High School Track Team
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 photo of Sarsfield McNulty and Coach Mr. Eugene J. Healey of the BHS Cross-Country team. Photo appears in the 1954 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 37.
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Burlington Police Department
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 A uniformed officer sits astride a Indian brand motorcycle. Location is McAllister's back yard at 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
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Business Enterprises - I-Z
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of White's Dairy Products located on College Street, Burlington.
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Camp Abnaki - Activities
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- Description: A group of campers poses a the tennis court at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated July 1944. Photo #21.
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Business Enterprises - I-Z
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- Description: Fuel tank truck near fuel storage tanks. Sign on truck's door reads, "Queen City Transports, Burlington, Vt"
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Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 photo of young campers standing in front of their cabin, Madegwas, with their counselor at Camp Abnaki. Photo #3.
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Camp Abnaki - Activities
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- Description: A group of campers playing football at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated July 1944. Photo #22.
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Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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- Date Created: 1944-07
- Description: July 1944 portrait photo of a camper writing a letter at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photo #25.
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Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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- Description: Young campers with official camp vehicle, a "woody". Cabins seen in the back ground at Camp Abnaki. Photograph is dated July 1944. Photo #28?
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