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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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: 1945 portrait photo of a man standing next to a plaque on the grounds of the boys resident summer camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vermont. One of the main buildings seen in back along with a totem pole. Photo 10.
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    Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
    Kamp Kill Kare
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      • Description: Boy campers demonstrate camping skills. They have their tent. One boy uses an ax to chop wood for a fire. One boy holds canned food. Another boy starts a camp fire. All activities at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
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      Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
      Kamp Kill Kare
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        • Date Created: 1957-1958
        • Description: Honey bees are studied by a group of boys at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated 1957 / 1958.
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        Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
        Kamp Kill Kare
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          • Date Created: 1957-1958
          • Description: Group portrait of boy campers at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated 1957 / 1958. Photo #3.
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          Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
          Camp Abnaki - Activities
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            • Description: Group portrait photo of six campers with musical instruments and their counselor in front of one of the cabins at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vermont. The boys wear logo T-shirts with color collars and sleeve cuffs. Photograph is dated 1961. Photo #4.
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            Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
            Camp Abnaki - Activities
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              • Date Created: 1944-07
              • Description: July 1944. Targeting shoots with rifles at Camp Abnaki. Photo #19.
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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 with a camp counselor in front of their cabin. Photo #18.
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                Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
                Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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                  • Description: 1945 photo of young campers with their counselor standing in front of their cabin, Unksus, a honor cabin.
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                  Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
                  Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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                    • Date Created: 1944-07
                    • Description: July 1944 photo of young campers standing in front of their cabin, Wabas, No. 25, with their counselor.
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                    Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
                    Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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                      • Date Created: 1951
                      • Description: 1951 photo of young campers standing in front of their cabin, Mikwa, with their counselor. Photo #28.
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