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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Business Enterprises - I-Z
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- Description: Spring 1950 photo of A. J. Lesage Market at 93 West Street, Winooski, Vermont.
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Burlington High School Track Team
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- Description: 1956/1957 BHS track team with Coach Carl Adams and Assistant Coach Bill Bull. Two members each hold a trophy. A version of this photo appears in the BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 68.
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Burlington High School Track Team
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- Description: 1956/1957 BHS track team with Coach Carl Adams and Assistant Coach Bill Bull. Two members each hold a trophy. A version of this photo appears in the BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 68. Photo #2.
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Camp Abnaki - Activities
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- Description: Campers playing baseball at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated 1943. Photo #6.
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Camp Abnaki - Activities
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- Description: Campers learning to box at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated July 1944. Photo #17.
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Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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- Description: 1946 photo of young campers standing with a camp counselor in front of their cabin, Mekasas. Photo #8.
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Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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- Description: July 1945. A game of volley ball at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #20.
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Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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- Description: 1946/1947 Some men and women relax on a dock by the shore while at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #4.
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Burlington - Street Views
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- Description: Undated photo of a back alley with nearby brick buildings, wooden barrier fence and tenement type three story building.
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Camp Abnaki - Snakes
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- Description: 1951 photo of young campers at Camp Abnaki hold up for display a variety of snakes. A long row of cabins can be seen in the background. Photo #25.
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