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 [5X7's]
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    • Date Created: 1944-07
    • Description: July 1944 Two woman perhaps staff at Camp Abnaki. Photo #1.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Camp Abnaki - Miscellaneous
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      • Description: July 1944 Vermont state YMCA photo exhibit at the Vermont Conference of Social Work displaying many photos by McAllister taken at the summer boys' camp, Camp Abnaki.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Camp Abnaki - Staff
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        • Description: 1946 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #3.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Camp Abnaki - Staff
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          • Description: 1946 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #5.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Camp Abnaki - Staff
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            • Date Created: 1948
            • Description: 1948 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #8.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Camp Abnaki - Staff
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              • Date Created: 1948
              • Description: 1948 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #9.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Camp Abnaki - Staff
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                • Date Created: 1945
                • Description: 1945 portrait photo of a Camp Abnaki staff member as he stands outside one of the main buildings and near a stone monument with a plaque. Totem pole seen behind. He is pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalB04F22i04, mcalA08F01i17
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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                  • Description: circa 1944-1950 photo of Camp Abnaki counselors standing in Lake Champlain. They may also be swimming instructors. Photo #33.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Camp Birchcliffe
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 photo of the dining hall with chair back covers at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. See also mcalB04F26i05
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Camp Birchcliffe
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                      • Description: July 1945 Adult campers sit on the rocky shoreline sharing a meal while two women in front serve up some food. Photo #25.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs