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 Camp Marycrest - Activities
Camp Marycrest - Activities
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    • Description: 1959 photo of campers outside in a field standing and kneeling by a Camp Marycrest banner. Three campers are dressed as Samuel de Champlain and Indian guides. Photo #5?
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    Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
    Camp Marycrest - Activities
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      • Description: 1959 photo of a truck decorated as a boat that is part of parade at Camp Marycrest. Campers dressed as Indians "paddle" the boat. They are commemorating the 350th landing of Samuel de Champlain on the shores of the lake of 1609.
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      Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
      Camp Marycrest - Activities
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        • Description: A group of young campers sit on the grass with a camp leader near the main building of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #26.
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        Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
        Camp Marycrest - Activities
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          • Description: Archers point their arrows at archery targets during a lesson at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #31.
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          Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Sunday Services
          Camp Abnaki - Sunday Services
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            • Description: July 1944. Campers eat a meal at dining tables inside with a shelter with many flags hanging overhead. Photo #13.
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            Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
            Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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              • Description: 1944 photo of young campers gathered in front of their cabin no. 28, Madegwas, with their counselor and a rubber dingy
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              Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
              Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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                • Description: July 1944 photo of young campers of Cabin 24, Segogw at Camp Abnaki.
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                Miniature of Camps: Unidentified
                Camps: Unidentified
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                  • Description: A group portrait of young boys in uniform and adults in the out-of-doors perhaps at a boys' summer camp. Shirts have a large letter "K". Could this be Kamp Kill Kare? Date and location unknown but may be 1920s or 1930s. Photo #27.
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                  Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
                  Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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                    • Date Created: 1946
                    • Description: 1946 photo of young campers standing in front of their cabin, Megeso, with their counselor at Camp Abnaki. Photo #17.
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                    Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
                    Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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                      • Date Created: 1946
                      • Description: 1946 photo of young campers standing in front of their cabin, Mikwa, an honor cabin, with their counselor at Camp Abnaki.
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