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 Portraits, families, unidentified
Portraits, families, unidentified
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    • Description: A multi generation group of seventeen people stand in a line outside a shingle sided building. An elderly woman holds an infant child in her lap. May date from the 1920s, 1930s.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
    Portraits, families, unidentified
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      • Description: Photo of beach ; water front land ; lake shoreline ; along with a group of men and women gathered in the center left portion of photo. See also mcalA15F01i02 and mcalA15F01i03
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
      Portraits, families, unidentified
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        • Description: An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in front of a wood frame clapboard house. Same family group also seen in mcalA09F12i34, mcalA15F02i30, i31, i32, i33
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
        Portraits, families, unidentified
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          • Description: A multi generation family photo with young mothers holding their sons and daughters. Infant twins among the children present. See also mcalA15F02i27
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
          Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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            • Date Created: 1950
            • Description: 1950 photo of fathers and sons in a playground area at Camp Abnaki. Swings and teeter taters can be seen. Photo #9.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
            Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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              • Date Created: 1944-07
              • Description: July 1944 photo of family members and young campers on the grounds of Camp Abnaki, North Hero, Vt. Photo #36.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Miscellaneous
              Camp Abnaki - Miscellaneous
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                • Date Created: 1944-07
                • Description: July 1944 photo of son and parents at one of the cabins at Camp Abnaki.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Camps - Summer
                Camps - Summer
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                  • Date Created: 1948/1949
                  • Description: Summer, Spring 1948/1949 photo of what may be a family or several related families seated outside on camp grounds.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits - Family
                  Portraits - Family
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 indoor photo of a woman and two sailors, very likely a mother and her two sons. A portrait of the sailor on the left can be seen on the wall (right). Same location as mcalB14F22i10 with more family members.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Family
                    Portraits - Family
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                      • Date Created: 1945
                      • Description: 1945 indoor photo of a couple with their young daughter and son, taken at Christmas. They are seen in mcalB14F24i24-mcalB14F24i25, also.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs