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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Camp Abnaki - Activities
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    • Date Created: 1944-07
    • Description: July 1944. Targeting shoots with rifles at Camp Abnaki. Photo #19.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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      • Date Created: 1946
      • Description: 1946 photo of young campers standing with a camp counselor in front of their cabin. Photo #18.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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        • Description: 1945 photo of young campers with their counselor standing in front of their cabin, Unksus, a honor cabin.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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          • Date Created: 1944-07
          • Description: July 1944 photo of young campers standing in front of their cabin, Wabas, No. 25, with their counselor.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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            • Date Created: 1951
            • Description: 1951 photo of young campers standing in front of their cabin, Mikwa, with their counselor. Photo #28.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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              • Description: 1946 group photo of parents and young campers gathered on the porch of one of the main buildings at Camp Abnaki. Photo #7.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Camp Abnaki - Miscellaneous
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                • Description: July 1944 Interior photo of one of the buildings at Camp Abnaki. Perhaps an office as three men sit at a table with various papers; two of the men with typewriters. Photo #35.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Camp Abnaki - Orchestra
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                  • Date Created: 1936
                  • Description: 1936 photo of the Camp Abnaki orchestra. Photo #6.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Camp Abnaki - Staff
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                    • Date Created: 1943
                    • Description: 1943 photo of Camp Abnaki staff wearing logo medallions pinned to the front of their clothing. Photo #3.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Camp Abnaki - Staff
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                      • Description: 1947 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Six members wear solid colored T-shirts with the letters CA. Photo #7.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs