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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Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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- Description: Campers peeling potatoes at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated July 1944.
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Camp Abnaki [5X7's]
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- Date Created: 1944-07
- Description: July 1944 Two photos. Top photo shows young campers peeling potatoes (photo #25). The bottom photo shows a woman (nurse?) giving medical attention to a young camper in what may be the infirmary (photo #27).
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Camp Abnaki - Orchestra
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 photo of a large group of mature and young men at Camp Abnaki. Photo #3.
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Camp Abnaki - Staff
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- Date Created: 1944-07
- Description: July 1944 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #5.
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Camp Abnaki - Staff
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- Date Created: 1944-07
- Description: July 1944 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #3.
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Camp Abnaki - Staff
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff; all young men wearing logo T-shirts with colored collars and sleeve cuffs. Photo #5.
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Camp Abnaki - Staff
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 portrait photo of a man often pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalA08F01i17, mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i01, mcalB04F22i05, mcalB04F22i06, mcalB04F22i07, mcalB04F22i09
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Camp Abnaki - Staff
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 photo of a man wearing a logo sweat shirt standing near the Camp Abnaki totem pole. Photo #8. He is pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalB04F22i04, mcalA08F01i17, mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i09
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Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of a camp counselor on the dock and young boys nearby in the waters of Lake Champlain. Diving platform seen in the background. Photo #11.
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Camp Birchcliffe
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of the dining hall with chair back covers at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. See also mcalB04F26i06
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs