Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Collection Overview
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)...
Show moreLouis 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.
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1958 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. An infant is held in the lap of its father seated in the front row. Photo #2. Printed backwards as the number 2 is backwards.
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1943 photo of Camp Abnaki staff wearing logo medallions pinned to the front of their clothing. Photo #3.
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1951 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #3. The man seated to the right of the totem pole is pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i08, mcalB04F22i09
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1953 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff.
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July 1944 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #5.
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July 3, 1949 photo of Camp Abnaki staff many wearing all white T-shirts with camp's name and logo. Photo #5.
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Five men stand in front of the Camp Abnaki totem pole. Undated. Photo #10.
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1945 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #4.
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1956/1957 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff.
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1954 portrait photo of a man often pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalA08F01i17, mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i01, mcalB04F22i05, mcalB04F22i06, mcalB04F22i07, mcalB04F22i08
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1946 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #5.
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1955 photo of Camp Abnaki staff seated on and infront of the steps of one of the main buildings. Photo #7.
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1950 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #3.
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1946 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #3.
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July 1944 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #4.
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1947 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Six members wear solid colored T-shirts with the letters CA. Photo #7.
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1947 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Six members wears solid colored T-shirts with the letters CA. Photo #6.
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1958 photo of Camp Abnaki staff with infant in its father's lap in the front row. Photo #4.