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 Abnaki - Activities
Camp Abnaki - Activities
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    • Date Created: 1951
    • Description: 1951. Boys working on projects in the craft room at Camp Abnaki. Photo #30.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
    Camp Marycrest - Activities
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      • Description: 1947 Children participate in a painting and paper mache craft session while sitting at wooden tables made into a makeshift work bench. Are those puppet or marionette heads they are making? Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #5.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
      Camp Abnaki - Activities
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        • Date Created: 1944-07
        • Description: July 1944. Working on projects in the craft room at Camp Abnaki. Photo #15.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
        Camp Marycrest - Activities
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          • Description: 1959 photo of campers with craft projects at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #15?
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
          Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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            • Description: A group of young campers sit on the ground in front of an open sided building and do craft projects. Some use yarn to make octopus like dolls. They are at Camp Marycrest, in Grand Isle, Vermont, a camp for girls that operated from 1957 to 1993 by the Sisters of Mercy. Undated but may be taken in 1950s or 1960s.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
            Camp Marycrest - Activities
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              • Date Created: 1959
              • Description: 1959 photo of campers making a craft project while a nun supervises. On the wall behind them are seen a variety of completed handicraft works. These girls may be working on belts.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
              Camp Abnaki - Activities
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                • Description: July 1944. Working on projects in the craft room at Camp Abnaki. Photo #16.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
                Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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                  • Description: A group of teen campers partake in a variety of crafts in a room in one of the buildings at Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle. Operated by the Sisters of Mercy from 1957 to 1993. Some of the girls paint on clear glass tumblers, use craft sticks or sew. Photo number 19.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
                  Camp Marycrest - Activities
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                    • Date Created: 1959
                    • Description: 1959 photo of campers making a variety of crafts. They sit and work at a table in a room with counter tops and many drawers. Photo #19.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Theatricals
                    Camp Marycrest - Theatricals
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                      • Description: Puppet theater by the girls of Camp Marycrest. 1940s-1950s?
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs