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 - Misc.
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: Summer 1948 photo of a festive event at the main building at Camp Marycrest. Adults and children form a line as they pass tables with food. Balloons and strings of flags are strung over head. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: Summer 1948 photo of some teen age Marycrest campers pictured outside on the lawn in standing and kneeling positions.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: Summer 1948 photo of Marycrest campers eating a meal in the dining hall. Photo #14.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Theatricals
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- Description: Photo at Camp Marycrest of an outdoor religious play, skit or performance put on the the girls. An audience is seen to the lower right. Photo #40.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of Marycrest campers performing an outdoor performance for an audience who sit on stools and benches. Photo #33.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camps - Summer
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- Date Created: 1946/1947
- Description: 1946/1947 photo of 2 women, a young boy and a man (perhaps a family?) sitting in Adirondack style chairs outside on the lawn. See mcalB14F21i08 Camps - Summer for same location and chairs but with different family.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camps - Summer
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- Date Created: 1957/1958
- Description: 1957/1958 photo of boys at camp in an activity room with billiards (pool) and ping pong tables.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral Grammar School
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 photo of the front of the sanctuary of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vt with Cathedral Grammar School students ready for First Communion.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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- Description: Undated class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students standing on the steps outside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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- Description: Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #22.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs