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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91 Burlington (Vt.). 83 Business. 81 Portrait photography. 58 Men. 45 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 44 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 39 Buildings. 31 Machinery. 22 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 22 Women. 11 Automobiles. 11 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 10 Construction workers. 10 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 10 Offices. 9 Hospitals. 9 Restaurants. 8 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 8 Service stations. 8 Trucks. 8 Winooski (Vt.). 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Urban parks. 6 Architectural photography. 5 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Interior architecture. 5 Nurses. 5 Quarries and quarrying. 5 Stores, Retail. 5 Young men. 4 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Young women. 3 Camps. 3 Children. 3 Factories. 3 Flag raising and lowering. 3 Furniture. 3 Gas ovens. 3 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 2 Athletics. 2 Boys. 2 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 2 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 2 College students. 2 Construction projects. 2 Grand Isle (Vt.). 2 High school students. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Sand and gravel mines and mining. 2 Sideshows. 2 Stoves. 2 Street photography. 2 Totem poles. 2 Williston (Vt.). 1 Advertising. 1 Animals. 1 Boats and boating. 1 Cafeterias. 1 Camping. 1 Champlain Transportation Company. 1 Church buildings. 1 Circus performers. 1 Classrooms. 1 Convenience stores. 1 Cows. 1 Department stores. 1 Dwellings. 1 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Family. 1 High school athletes. 1 Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.). 1 Nuns. 1 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 1 Priests. 1 Refuse and refuse disposal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Van Ness House. 1 Waste disposal sites.

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Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Staff
Camp Abnaki - Staff
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    • Date Created: 1961
    • Description: 1961 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff; all young men wearing logo T-shirts with colored collars and sleeve cuffs. Photo #5.
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    Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Staff
    Camp Abnaki - Staff
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      • Date Created: 1954
      • Description: 1954 portrait photo of a man often pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalA08F01i17, mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i01, mcalB04F22i05, mcalB04F22i06, mcalB04F22i07, mcalB04F22i09
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      Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Staff
      Camp Abnaki - Staff
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        • Date Created: 1954
        • Description: 1954 photo of a man wearing a logo sweat shirt standing near the Camp Abnaki totem pole. Photo #8. He is pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalB04F22i04, mcalA08F01i17, mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i09
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        Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (H-P)
        Automobiles - Sales and Service (H-P)
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          • Description: 1945 Employees of Herberg Auto Service listed as being at 137-139 S. Winooski Ave. and 204-206 Main Street, Burlington, Vt. Winter.
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          Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Staff
          Camp Abnaki - Staff
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            • Description: July 1944 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #4.
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            Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Staff
            Camp Abnaki - Staff
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              • Description: 1947 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Six members wears solid colored T-shirts with the letters CA. Photo #6.
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              Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Staff
              Camp Abnaki - Staff
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                • Description: July 3, 1949 photo of Camp Abnaki staff many wearing T-shirts with the camp's name and logo. Photo #5.
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                Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Staff
                Camp Abnaki - Staff
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                  • Description: 1956/1957 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff.
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                  Miniature of Scrap Metal Collection
                  Scrap Metal Collection
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 - Scrap Metal Collection - A man with a power shovel has a scoopful of scrap metal near a partially filled truck. Initials on the truck's door read, "C.R. Co." Another man stands in the truck bed with shovel, two others look on.
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                    Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
                    Portraits - Individuals
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                      • Date Created: 1951
                      • Description: A workman uses a wrench to tighten a bolt on a heavy piece of machinery. He stands in an open commercial room with a brick floor. Heavy industrial size pipes seen. He rests his foot on a metal box with a handle and mesh screen top. Dated 1951.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs