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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201 Portrait photography. 103 Burlington (Vt.). 100 High school athletes. 88 Basketball. 72 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 65 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 62 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 62 School sports. 61 Camping. 59 Camps. 56 Girls. 42 Baseball. 41 Winooski (Vt.). 39 High school students. 39 Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.). 27 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 26 Children. 24 Family. 19 House furnishings. 17 Gymnasiums. 15 Athletics. 15 Christmas greens. 15 Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.). 15 St. Albans (Vt.). 15 Toys. 15 Women. 14 Interior architecture. 14 Priests. 13 Men. 11 Champlain, Lake. 10 Cheerleading. 10 Football. 10 Students. 9 Swimming. 9 Vergennes (Vt.). 8 Bristol (Vt.). 8 Middle school students. 8 Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.). 8 Musicians. 8 Young men. 7 Animals. 7 Canoes and canoeing. 7 Church buildings. 7 First communion. 7 Young women. 6 Bands (Music). 6 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 6 School children. 6 St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.). 5 Boats and boating. 5 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Classrooms. 4 Choirs (Music). 4 Dwellings. 4 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Flag raising and lowering. 4 Furniture. 4 Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.). 4 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 4 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Richford (Vt.). 4 Richford High School (Richford, Vt.). 4 Vermont Industrial School. 3 Buildings. 3 Business. 3 Dolls. 3 Essex Junction (Vt.). 3 Handicraft. 3 Horses. 3 Landscape photography. 3 Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Pool (game). 3 Tennis. 3 Vermont 4-H Clubs. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Employees. 2 Infants. 2 Machinery. 2 Rifles. 2 Trucks. 2 Woodwork. 2 Worship programs. 1 Actors. 1 Auditoriums. 1 Boxing. 1 Boy Scouts. 1 Bridegrooms. 1 Brides. 1 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 1 Buses. 1 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 1 College students. 1 Construction projects. 1 Construction workers. 1 Convenience stores. 1 Costume. 1 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 High school buildings. 1 High school graduates. 1 High school teachers. 1 Musical groups. 1 Orchestra. 1 Piano. 1 Restaurants. 1 Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Rifle practice. 1 Santa Claus. 1 St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Statues. 1 Targets (Shooting). 1 Totem poles. 1 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Vermont Transit Company. 1 Volleyball. 1 Weddings.

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Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
Camp Abnaki - Activities
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    • Description: A cannon is fired during a flag raising ceremony at Camp Abnaki. The photograph is dated 1951.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
    Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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      • Date Created: 1944-07
      • Description: July 1944. Young campers gather on the porch of one of the buildings at Camp Abnaki for a group photo. Photo #31.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
      Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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        • Date Created: 1943
        • Description: 1943 group photo of campers showing their camp related crafts as they stand on the porch of Attalalo Kamek at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
        Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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          • Date Created: 1944-07
          • Description: July 1944. Young campers gather on the dock while others swim and canoe in Lake Champlain at Camp Abnaki. Photo #7.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
          Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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            • Description: 1943 photo of young campers swimming, diving, canoeing in Lake Champlain while camping at Camp Abnaki. Photo #15.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camps - Summer
            Camps - Summer
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              • Date Created: 1957/1958
              • Description: 1957/1958 photo of a boy checking an instrument at a weather shelter.
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              Miniature of Cathedral High School
              Cathedral High School
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                • Date Created: 1946
                • Description: 1946 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled for a class picture outside on the steps of the Cathedral in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #13.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Cathedral High School
                Cathedral High School
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                  • Date Created: 1957
                  • Description: 1957 photo of male Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium for a group picture. Photo #21.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Cathedral High School - Basketball
                  Cathedral High School - Basketball
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                    • Date Created: 1946
                    • Description: 1946 Cathedral High School boys' Junior Varsity basketball team. Photo #1.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
                    Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
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                      • Description: Boys of the Cathedral High School cheerleading squad. Photograph is dated 1957. Photo #1.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs