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.
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Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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- Date Created: 1944-07
- Description: July 1944. Portrait photo of a camper writing a letter at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photo #26.
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Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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- Date Created: 1949-07-03
- Description: July 3, 1949 photo of campers and an older man seated on bleachers at Camp Abnaki. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of a main building at Camp Abnaki with campers and parents assembled on the front porch. Photo #6.
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Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 photo of young campers and counselors gathered in front of cabins at Camp Abnaki.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Abnaki - Orchestra
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 photo of a large group of men and young boys at Camp Abnaki. Photo #4.
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Camp Abnaki - Snakes
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- Description: 1951 photo of young campers at Camp Abnaki hold up for display a variety of snakes. A long row of cabins can be seen in the background. Photo #25.
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Camp Abnaki - Staff
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- Date Created: 1955
- Description: 1955 photo of Camp Abnaki staff seated on the steps of one of the main buildings. Photo #4.
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Camp Abnaki - Staff
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #3. The man seated to the right of the totem pole is pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i08, mcalB04F22i09
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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- Description: 1943 photo of boys on the dock near a sailboat. Other campers are swimming, canoeing and diving in Lake Champlain while at Camp Abnaki. Photo #13.
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Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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- Description: 1943 photo of boys on the dock near a sailboat. Other campers are swimming, canoeing and diving in Lake Champlain while at Camp Abnaki. Photo #16.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs