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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Camp Abnaki - Theatricals
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    • Date Created: 1948
    • Description: 1948 Young campers put on a dramatic production outside for an audience at Camp Abnaki. Photo #6.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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      • Date Created: 1946/1947
      • Description: 1946/1947 Baseball at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #6.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Camp MacArthur (Waitsfield, VT)
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        • Description: Undated A large truck is loaded with summer theater campers from Camp MacArthur in Waitsfield, Vermont.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Camp Marycrest - Activities
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          • Description: Undated photo of young campers with counselors enjoying activities in the waters of Lake Champlain. A dock is to the right and a rope with floating wood blocks marks a boundary. Photo #16.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Camp Marycrest - Activities
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            • Description: Campers of Camp Marycrest gather outside in a field around an archery target and examine the arrows that hit the mark. Photo #12.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Camp Marycrest - Buildings
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              • Date Created: 1959
              • Description: 1959 photo of a large building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Cathedral Grammar School
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                • Date Created: 1940
                • Description: 1940 photo (printed backwards) of a math class at Cathedral Grammar School. Students stand at the blackboard working out math problems. Others sit at their desks reading their books. Art work hangs from the top of the blackboard. Photo #21.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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                  • Date Created: 1947
                  • Description: 1947 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students seated at their desks in their classroom. A nun stands to the side. Photo #5.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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                    • Date Created: 1947
                    • Description: 1947 photo of a Cathedral Grammar School classroom with students seated at their desks studying. Photo #6. Cracked negative.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Cathedral Grammar School
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                      • Date Created: 1957
                      • Description: 1957 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