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 Camp Marycrest - Activities
Camp Marycrest - Activities
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    • Description: 1947 Children participate in a painting and paper mache craft session while sitting at wooden tables made into a makeshift work bench. Are those puppet or marionette heads they are making? Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #5.
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    Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
    Camp Marycrest - Activities
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      • Date Created: 1948
      • Description: 1948 Campers pose in their swimsuits while standing in the water near the shore and dock. Photo #25.
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      Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
      Camp Marycrest - Activities
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        • Description: Campers in Lake Champlain near the shore while at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. A long dock is to the right. Photo #18.
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        Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
        Camp Marycrest - Activities
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          • Description: Young campers examine a link chain. They sit on the grass just beyond the main building at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
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          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.
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            Miniature of Camps - Summer
            Camps - Summer
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              • Date Created: 1945
              • Description: Summer, Fall 1945 photo of young campers holding a variety of foods. A tent is pitched behind them. Photo #8.
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              Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
              Portraits, groups, unidentified
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                • Description: Boy scouts and their scout leader seen gathered in a wooded area near a camp like cottage. Also seen are some other men in business suits and women in the background.
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                Miniature of Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
                Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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                  • Description: A group of young campers sit on the ground in front of an open sided building and do craft projects. Some use yarn to make octopus like dolls. They are at Camp Marycrest, in Grand Isle, Vermont, a camp for girls that operated from 1957 to 1993 by the Sisters of Mercy. Undated but may be taken in 1950s or 1960s.
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                  Miniature of Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
                  Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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                    • Description: Girls at Camp Marycrest learn the proper way to handle camping equipment. Here they fold up a bedroll. A pitched tent stands behind them. The camp was for girls and operated from 1957 to 1993 by the Sisters of Mercy located in Grand Isle, Vermont. Undated but may be 1950s or 1960s.
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                    Miniature of Camps: Unidentified
                    Camps: Unidentified
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                      • Description: A small group of young boys and their leader stand in front of a small building labeled "Pirates Den". An appropriate flag, skull and crossbones adorn the building and the "pirates" are "armed" with clubs and wear neck kerchiefs and head scarves. Taken in the summer time maybe in the 1920s or 1930s perhaps at a boys' camp. Location unknown.
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