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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- Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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Photo of a game of girls volley ball at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #3.
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- Camp Marycrest - Activities
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1947 Tennis or badminton at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Lake Champlain in the background.
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- Camp Marycrest - Activities
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A game of girls badminton near a main building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
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- Camp Marycrest - Activities
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Campers of Camp Marycrest play a game of girls badminton near the large main building at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vt.
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- Camp Marycrest - Activities
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1947 Tennis at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #42.
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- Camps: Unidentified
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A girls' team takes the field in a summer ball game perhaps at a girls camp. They are dressed in uniform with long sleeved white tops, sailor type dark colored ties and bloomers. Cottages and mountains are seen in the background. Location and date unknown but may be 1920s, 1930s. Photo #23.
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- Cathedral High School - Football Teams
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A portrait of the Cathedral High School football team standing on the steps of the main entrance to the school. The photograph is dated 1947. Photo #2.
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- Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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Cathedral High School majorettes posing on bleachers. Photograph is dated 1958. Photo #42?
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- Civilian Conservation Corps
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1935/1936 photo of an athletic team of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Photo #5.
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- Civilian Conservation Corps
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1935/1936 photo of Civilian Conservation Corps baseball team. Photo #3.
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- Kamp Kill Kare
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Batter up! Boys hold baseball bats as if ready for a pitch at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
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- Kamp Kill Kare
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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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- Kamp Kill Kare
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Boys' tennis lesson at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo dated 1957/1958.
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- Kamp Kill Kare
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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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- Kamp Kill Kare
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Boys' tennis lesson as they practice hitting the ball. A counselor to the far right hits a ball to each boy at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958. Photo #8.
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- Military Groups
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1935 or 1936 group photo of a military men's hockey team with coach. Goalie stands center. Team outfit sports striped leggings.
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- Milton High School - Activities
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1946/1947 portrait photo of boys' basketball team at Milton High School with trophy and Coach Raphael J. Morris (also Ass't Principal and Social Studies teacher) Also identified is Donald Ira Chamberlin (front row, far left, graduate Class of 1949) Photo #2.
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- Milton High School - Activities
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1946/1947 portrait photo of girls' basketball team at Milton High School with panda bear mascot. Identified is Agnes Anne Rowley (2nd from right). Photo #5.
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- Milton High School - Activities
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1946/1947 portrait photo of girls' basketball team at Milton High School with panda bear mascot. Photo #4.