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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Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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- Date Created: 1929-10-10
- Description: Photograph dated Oct. 10, 1929 with a view of the paving project on Winooski Avenue.
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Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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- Date Created: 1928-09-17
- Description: Photograph dated Sept. 17, 1928, looking south on North Winooski Avenue from the intersection with North Street, showing the trolley tracks. This is the first in a pair of photographs showing the road surface before and after the paving project. Picture 2 has the id number mcalA07F10i13.
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Camp Kill Kare
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- Description: Undated photo #5 of 10 boys kneeling or sitting on the grounds of Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont from 1906-1966. Boys wear official camp T-shirts. Camp buildings seen in the background. Camp later became Kill Kare State Park. Date may be 1950s or 60s.
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Camp Kill Kare
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- Description: Photo #9 of group portrait of boys and staff on the grounds of Kamp Kill Kare (1906-1966) once located on Hathaway Point in St. Albans Bay, Vermont. The camp later became Kill Kare State Park. Date may be 1950s or 60s.
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Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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- Description: A group session seems to be progress on the porch of the grand building at Camp Marycrest (1957-1993) located in Grand Isle, Vermont. Some of the older girl campers participate in a discussion and a few raise their hands. Maybe taken in the 1950s.
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Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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- Description: A group of campers participate in a dance session on the grounds of Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle; probably taken in the 1950s or 1960s. Camp operated by the Sisters of Mercy from 1957 to 1993. Photo #8.
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Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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- Description: Five pairs of campers participate in a dance session on the grounds of Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle; probably taken in the 1950s or 1960s. Camp operated by the Sisters of Mercy from 1957 to 1993. Photo #7.
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Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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- Description: A group of teen campers and their equipment gather around archery targets on the grounds of Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle. Operated by the Sisters of Mercy from 1957 to 1993. Photo may have been taken in the 1950s. Photo #12. See also mcalB05F01i06
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Nazareth School, Burlington
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- Description: A group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1960, gather in front of the school for a formal class photo. Msgr. Charles Marcoux stands at the center of the group. Boys wear solid colored robes and are in the back rows. The girls are in white robes and are in the front. Photo #1. 8th grade graduates at Nazareth School (later called St Joseph Parish School) at 20 Allen Street in Burlington. Closed 2010.
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Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 formal class photo of freshman Cathedral High School students standing in two groups. The girls are in uniform and stand in the front. The boys are standing in the back rows. Taken in the gymnasium. Solid white sheets have been draped over the windows as seen the the background. Photo #1 65 cents each. Taken for the school yearbook, Tower 1957. Class officers Eugene Cross, President ; Judith DeForge, Secretary ; Paul McCarthy, Treasurer.
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