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 Trinity College - Sports & Activities
Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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    • Date Created: 1956
    • Description: 1956 Trinity College students and members of a sports team (basketball?).
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Bristol School -Basketball
    Bristol School -Basketball
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      • Description: 1945-1946 Bristol School girls' basketball team in front of the old high school with coach in Bristol, Vermont. A large plush panda bear mascot has been placed in front. Photo #25.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of School Sports - Basketball
      School Sports - Basketball
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        • Date Created: 1935-1936
        • Description: 1935 - 1936 unidentified boys basketball team with coach. They wear uniform jackets with the single letter "K". Photo #2.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
        Kamp Kill Kare
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          • Date Created: 1957-1958
          • Description: Boys' tennis lesson as they practice hitting the ball. A counselor to the far right hits a ball to each boy at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958. Photo #8.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Athletics, unidentified
          Athletics, unidentified
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            • Date Created: undated
            • Description: Coach is Bill Landers, number 18 is Jimmy Leddy, and the team is from Rice. The field is South Park, later named Calahan Park. Photo #1.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
            Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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              • Description: Girls at Camp Marycrest partake in a tennis lesson. The camp was for girls and operated from 1957 to 1993 by the Sisters of Mercy located in Grand Isle, Vermont. Beyond the open court is seen Lake Champlain. Undated but may be 1950s or 1960s. Photo #41.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Camp Birchcliffe Activities
              Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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                • Description: 1946 Game of tennis on the courts of Camp Birchcliffe in Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #7.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Mount St. Mary's - Softball
                Mount St. Mary's - Softball
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                  • Date Created: 1952
                  • Description: 1952 photo of members of Mount St. Mary's Academy softball team on the field. Photo #6.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Boxers: Unidentified
                  Boxers: Unidentified
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                    • Description: Winter 1940s Two male boxers pose for a photo in a fighting stance in what may be a gym. The letters "B C" appear on the boxing shorts of the man on the right.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Camp Birchcliffe Activities
                    Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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                      • Date Created: 1945-07
                      • Description: July 1945. A game of volley ball at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #18.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs