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 Marycrest - Activities
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- Description: A game of girls badminton near a main building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Buildings
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: Summer 1948 photo of a building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Chapel & Services
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- Description: View of the interior of building used for worship service with campers (heads covered) standing up along the wall holding booklets. Photo #46.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: Summer 1948 photo of row boats and a canoe on Lake Champlain with nuns and campers from Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle. Photo #8.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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- Description: A small group of girls are seated on the grounds of Camp Marycrest overlooking Lake Champlain.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Staff
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 group photo of Camp Marycrest staff with nuns.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of an outdoor performance presented by campers at Marycrest for family and friends. Photo #37.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camps - Summer
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: Summer, Fall 1945 photo of camp staff at Camp Abnaki, North Hero, Vermont. Photo #5.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral Grammar School
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students assembled outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral Grammar School
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs