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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Undated photo of young campers with counselors enjoying activities including playing with a beach ball in the waters of Lake Champlain. A dock is to the right and a rope with floating wood blocks marks a boundary. Photo #19.
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1959 photo of campers on the tennis court at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #24.
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Campers swim in Lake Champlain while at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #25.
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Undated photo of young campers with counselors enjoying activities in the waters of Lake Champlain. A dock is to the right and a rope with floating wood blocks marks a boundary.
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1948 photo of girls at batting practice. Others kneel on the ground with baseball mitts at the ready.
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1959 photo of campers seated along the shore of Lake Champlain. A dock is to the right and a string of floating pieces of wood marks a line in the water. Photo #13.
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1947 Tennis at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #42.
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Campers paddle canoes in Lake Champlain near a dock while at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
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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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1959 photo of campers outside in a field standing and kneeling by a Camp Marycrest banner. Three campers are dressed as Samuel de Champlain and Indian guides. Photo #5?
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Campers at Camp Marycrest stand near the net on the tennis court with their rackets. Main building seen in the background.
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1947 Volley ball at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #4?
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A camp instructor points to arrows in an archery target to her students at Camp Marycrest. Photo #30.
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Campers have a swimming lesson in Lake Champlain while at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
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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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Campers of Camp Marycrest stand in the waters of Lake Champlain near the shore. A large dock is to the right. A young girl in the back holds a large beach ball. Photo #17.
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Archers point their arrows at archery targets during a lesson at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #31.
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A group of young campers sit on the grass with a camp leader near the main building of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #26.
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1947 Girls archery lesson at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #12.
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1959 photo of a truck decorated as a boat that is part of parade at Camp Marycrest. Campers dressed as Indians "paddle" the boat. They are commemorating the 350th landing of Samuel de Champlain on the shores of the lake of 1609.