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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Burlington High School Track Team
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 BHS track team.
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Business Enterprises - A-B
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of American Auto Paint Shop at 139-147 South Champlain St., Burlington, Vermont
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Business Enterprises - A-B
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of the American Auto Paint Shop.
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Business Enterprises - A-B
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- Description: Burlington Electric Motor Service Inc. with employees. Undated but may be 1935 / 1936.
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Business Enterprises - I-Z
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of Ernest Lesage Fuel Service located at 104 Malletts Bay Ave, Winooski, Vermont.
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Camp Abnaki - Activities
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- Description: Campers playing tennis at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated 1951. Photo #31.
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Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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- Date Created: 1944-07
- Description: July 1944. Young campers gather on the porch of one of the buildings at Camp Abnaki for a group photo. Photo #31.
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Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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- Date Created: 1943
- Description: 1943 group photo of campers showing their camp related crafts as they stand on the porch of Attalalo Kamek at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt.
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Camp Birchcliffe
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- Date Created: 1945-07
- Description: July 1945 Adult campers sit on the rocky shore while two women serve up some food while at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont.
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Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: Summer 1958. Group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Photo #4.
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