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 - Activities
    Camp Marycrest - Activities
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      • Date Created: 1948
      • Description: 1948 Campers pose in their swimsuits while standing in the water near the shore and dock. Photo #25.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
      Camp Marycrest - Activities
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        • Description: Campers of Camp Marycrest play a game of girls badminton near the large main building at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vt.
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        Miniature of Camps - Summer
        Camps - Summer
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: Summer, Fall 1945 photo of young campers holding a variety of foods. A tent is pitched behind them. Photo #8.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
          Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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            • Description: A skit of some sort seems to be in rehearsal on the grounds of Camp Marycrest by the front porch of the main building. Porch posts are decorated with crepe paper trim. The girls read from scripts. What appears to be a tape reel machine stands on a small table. Lake Champlain is seen in the background to the right. The camp was for girls and operated from 1957 to 1993 by the Sisters of Mercy in Grand Isle, Vermont. Undated but may be 1950s or 1960s. Photo #32.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
            Camp Abnaki - Activities
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              • Description: Portrait photo of six campers with musical instruments and their counselor taken on the grounds of Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vermont. Photograph is dated 1961. Photo #3.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
              Portraits, groups, unidentified
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                • Description: Boy scouts and their scout leader seen gathered in a wooded area near a camp like cottage. Also seen are some other men in business suits and women in the background.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
                Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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                  • Description: July 1944 photo of Camp Abnaki kitchen with staff and young campers helping out.
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                  Miniature of Camp Abnaki [5X7's]
                  Camp Abnaki [5X7's]
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                    • Description: July 1944 Two photos. Top photo shows young campers peeling potatoes (photo #26). The bottom photos shows a cabin on the grounds of Camp Abnaki with a woman standing on the stone front step (camp infirmary nurse?, photo #28)
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
                    Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                      • Date Created: 1953
                      • Description: Summer camp staff? Several small cottages seen in the background. One woman poses with a baseball bat. Photo #4.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs