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 Trinity College - Sports & Activities
Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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    • Date Created: 1956
    • Description: 1956 Trinity College students and members of a sports team (basketball?).
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    Miniature of Athletics, unidentified
    Athletics, unidentified
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      • Date Created: undated
      • Description: Photograph of unidentified football team. Photo #23.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Camp Kill Kare
      Camp Kill Kare
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        • Description: Kamp Kill Kare boys exercise on overhead cross bars under the supervision of a camp counselor. Boys wear official camp T-shirts complete with individual numbers. Camp was once located on Hathaway Point (1906-1966) in St. Albans Bay, Vermont and later became Kill Kare State Park. Photo #11.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camp Kill Kare
        Camp Kill Kare
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          • Description: Photo #9 of Kamp Kill Kare boys receiving tennis lessons on the court under the instruction of a camp counselor. No date but may be 1950s or 1960s. Camp existed from 1906 to 1966 located on Hathaway Point in St. Albans Bay Vermont and later became Kill Kare State Park. Photo #9.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Camp Birchcliffe Activities
          Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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            • Description: July 1945. A game of volley ball at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #20.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
            Camp Marycrest - Activities
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              • Description: Campers of Camp Marycrest play a game of girls badminton near the large main building at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vt.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Cathedral High School - Majorettes
              Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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                • Description: Cathedral High School majorettes posing on bleachers. Photograph is dated 1958. Photo #42?
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Civilian Conservation Corps
                Civilian Conservation Corps
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                  • Date Created: 1935/1936
                  • Description: 1935/1936 photo of an athletic team of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Photo #5.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
                  Kamp Kill Kare
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                    • Description: Boys' tennis lesson at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo dated 1957/1958.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's - Softball
                    Mount St. Mary's - Softball
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                      • Date Created: 1952
                      • Description: 1952 photo of members of Mount St. Mary's Academy softball team on the field.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs