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 Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
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    • Date Created: 1937
    • Description: Summer 1937. Group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Staff? Photo #3.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Buildings
    Camp Marycrest - Buildings
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      • Description: Photo of the main building at Camp Marycrest with campers up on the "widows walk" cupola where the American flag flies. Photo #9.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Chapel & Services
      Camp Marycrest - Chapel & Services
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        • Date Created: 1948
        • Description: Summer 1948 photo of the altar and cross with crucifix used during worship services at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Chapel & Services
        Camp Marycrest - Chapel & Services
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          • Date Created: 1959
          • Description: 1959 photo of worship service at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #20.
          • 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 a dining hall with Marycrest campers eating a meal.
            • 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 a festive event at the main building at Camp Marycrest. Adults and children form a line as they pass food tables. Balloons and strings of flags are strung over head. Photo #1.
              • 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 a festive event at the main building at Camp Marycrest. Adults and children form a line as they pass tables. Balloons and strings of flags are strung over head. Photo #4.
                • 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 Marycrest campers in the dining hall eating a noontime meal. Clock on the wall reads 12:35 pm.
                  • 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 #5.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
                    Kamp Kill Kare
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                      • Description: Boys' tennis lesson at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo dated 1957/1958.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs