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). 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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Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Published: November 19, 2007, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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- Colchester (Vt.) [10]
- Mallets Bay (Vt.) [7]
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- image [17]
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- black-and-white photographs [17]
- photographs [17]
Topic(s)
- Camp Holy Cross (Vt.) [17]
- Portrait photography [17]
- Men [9]
- Women [7]
- Camping [3]
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Title: Camp Holy Cross
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated (circa 1951) photo; group portrait of four rows of young men, a young woman and older adults on the grounds of Camp Holy Cross, a summer youth recreation camp owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont. Camp tee-shirts read "Camp Holy Cross Burlington". Behind are camp buildings and a bus. A version of this photo appears in the book "Champlain Valley memories, vol. 2 - the 1940s, '50s, '60s" on page 104. Photo #1.
Title: Camp Holy Cross
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated (circa 1951) photo; group portrait of four rows of young men, a young woman and older adults on the grounds of Camp Holy Cross, a summer youth recreation camp owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont. Camp tee-shirts read "Camp Holy Cross Burlington". Behind are camp buildings and a bus. This photo appears in the book "Champlain Valley memories, vol. 2 - the 1940s, '50s, '60s" on page 104. Photo #4.
Title: Camp Holy Cross
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (circa 1951) of five rows of young men and older adults standing and sitting on the grounds of Camp Holy Cross, a summer youth camp owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont. Camp buildings and a bus are in the background. Photo #1.
Title: Camp Holy Cross
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Camp Holy Cross staff (1950s-60s?)on the grounds with camp buildings seen in the background. Photo #4.
Title: Camp Holy Cross
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Camp Holy Cross staff seated and standing for a group portrait on the camp grounds with some of the buildings seen in the background located in Malletts Bay in Colchester Vermont. Photo #2?
Title: Camp Holy Cross
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo #4 of staff at Camp Holy Cross located at Malletts Bay, Colchester Vermont. Five rows of people either stand or sit for this group portrait on the camp grounds. (1950s or 60s?)
Title: Camp Holy Cross
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo #5 of Camp Holy Cross staff on the grounds of the camp located in Malletts Bay in Colchester Vermont.
Title: Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Staff? Photo #4.
Title: Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Summer 1958. Group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Photo #4.
Title: Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Summer 1958. Group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Photo #5.
Title: Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Summer 1937. Group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Staff? Photo #3.
Title: Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957-1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957/1958. Group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Staff? Photo #2.
Title: Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Staff? Photo #4.
Title: Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Staff? Photo #2.
Title: Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Summer 1959 group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Staff? Photo #?
Title: Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Summer 1959 group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Staff? Photo #3.
Title: Camp Holy Cross (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957-1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957/1958 group photo of campers at Camp Holy Cross in Colchester, Vermont. Staff? Photo #3.
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