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.
Revised April, 2010
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- Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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July 1944. Young campers gather on the dock while others swim and canoe in Lake Champlain at Camp Abnaki. Photo #9.
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- Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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1943 photo of young campers swimming, diving, canoeing in Lake Champlain while camping at Camp Abnaki. Photo #15.
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- Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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1943 photo of young campers swimming, diving, boating in Lake Champlain while at Camp Abnaki. Photo #14.
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- Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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1951 photo of campers at Camp Abnaki in sail boats that are tied to the dock in Lake Champlain. Photo #9.
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- Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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1943 photo of boys on the dock near a sailboat. Other campers are swimming, canoeing and diving in Lake Champlain while at Camp Abnaki. Photo #16.
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- Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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July 1944. Campers learn swimming techniques in Lake Champlain. Each boy holds the head of a companion above water. Photo #34.
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- Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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1943 photo of boys on the dock near a sailboat. Other campers are swimming, canoeing and diving in Lake Champlain while at Camp Abnaki. Photo #13.
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- Camp Abnaki [5X7's]
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July 1944 Two photos. Top photo shows young campers peeling potatoes (photo #25). The bottom photo shows a woman (nurse?) giving medical attention to a young camper in what may be the infirmary (photo #27).
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- Camp Abnaki [5X7's]
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July 1944 Two woman perhaps staff at Camp Abnaki. Photo #1.
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- Camp Abnaki [5X7's]
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July 1944 Two photos (#s 3 and 5) Two women, perhaps staff at Camp Abnaki.
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- Camp Abnaki [5X7's]
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July 1944 Two photos. Top photo shows young campers peeling potatoes (photo #26). The bottom photos shows a cabin on the grounds of Camp Abnaki with a woman standing on the stone front step (camp infirmary nurse?, photo #28)
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- Camps - Summer
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Summer, Fall 1945 photo of camp staff at Camp Abnaki, North Hero, Vermont. Photo #5.
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- Camps - Summer
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Summer, Fall 1945 photo of staff at Camp Abnaki, North Hero, Vermont. Photo #3.
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- Portraits - Family
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Family photo at Camp Abnaki during its 50th anniversary. Totem pole in background has the dates 1901 - 1951 on its wings of the bird near the top. See same pole in mcalA08F01i01
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- Portraits - Family
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Family photo at Camp Abnaki during its 50th anniversary. Totem pole in background has the dates 1901 - 1951 on its wings of the bird near the top. See same pole in mcalA08F01i01
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- Portraits - Family
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Family photo at Camp Abnaki during its 50th anniversary. Totem pole in background has the dates 1901 - 1951 on its wings of the bird near the top. See same pole in mcalA08F01i01
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- Portraits - Individuals
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1945 portrait photo of a man standing next to a plaque on the grounds of the boys resident summer camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vermont. One of the main buildings seen in back along with a totem pole. Photo 10.
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- Portraits - Individuals
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1945 portrait photo of a man standing next to a plaque on the grounds of the boys resident summer camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vermont. One of the main buildings seen in back along with a totem pole. Photo 8.