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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Camp Marycrest - Activities
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 photo of campers standing with a Camp Marycrest banner in front a a decorated truck made to look like a boat. The date July 4, 1609 is lettered on the side of the boat. Other campers are dressed as Samuel de Champlain and Indian guides perhaps in preparation for a parade commemorating Champlain landing on the shores of the lake. Photo #2
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Activities
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 photo of girls outside in a field paired up perhaps learning square dance. Photo #7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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.
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Camp Marycrest - Activities
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- Description: A game of girls badminton near a main building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Activities
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- Description: Undated photo of young campers with counselors enjoying activities including playing with a beach ball in the waters of Lake Champlain. A dock is to the right and a rope with floating wood blocks marks a boundary. Photo #19.
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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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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Summer camp staff? Several small cottages seen in the background. One woman poses with a baseball bat. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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- Description: Two teen campers stand with a banner identifying Marycrest Girl's Camp, Grand Isle complete with camp logo. A pickup truck is behind them decorated and transformed into a parade float. It represents a ship and carries an explorer, perhaps Samuel de Champlain who carries a flag with fleur de lis. He is accompanied by two "Native Americans" with canoe paddles. The date July 4,'60 appears on the side of the "ship."
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Camps: Unidentified
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- Description: A group portrait of young men and adults assembled outdoors in the summer time gathered in four rows near a stone wall. A large barn like structure can be seen in the background. Unknown date and location but may be 1920s or 1930s. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs