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 Abnaki - Sunday Services
Camp Abnaki - Sunday Services
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    • Date Created: 1944-07
    • Description: July 1944 Sunday worship service outside at Camp Abnaki. Photo #24.
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    Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Sunday Services
    Camp Abnaki - Sunday Services
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      • Date Created: 1944-07
      • Description: July 1944 Sunday worship service outside at Camp Abnaki. Photo #20.
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      Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Sunday Services
      Camp Abnaki - Sunday Services
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        • Date Created: 1944-07
        • Description: July 1944. Campers eat a meal at dining tables in a shelter at Camp Abnaki. Overhead a variety of flags are hung. Photo #12.
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        Miniature of Camp Birchcliffe
        Camp Birchcliffe
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          • Description: July 1945 Adult campers sit and relax with books on the porch of one of the buildings on the grounds of Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont.
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          Miniature of Camp Birchcliffe Activities
          Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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            • Description: 1946/1947 Folks sit on the porch of a main building at Camp Birchcliffe in Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #1.
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            Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Buildings
            Camp Marycrest - Buildings
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              • Description: 1959 photo of the main building at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #25.
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              Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Buildings
              Camp Marycrest - Buildings
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                • Date Created: 1948
                • Description: Summer 1948 photo of a building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
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                Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Chapel & Services
                Camp Marycrest - Chapel & Services
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                  • Description: View of the interior of building used for worship service with campers (heads covered) standing up along the wall holding booklets. Photo #46.
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                  Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
                  Kamp Kill Kare
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                    • Description: A boy jumps over a high bar at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
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                    Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
                    Kamp Kill Kare
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                      • Description: Group portrait of staff at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated 1957/1958. Photo #6.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs