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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- Champlain, Lake [19]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [7]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [6]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [4]
- Colchester (Vt.) [1]
- Mallets Bay (Vt.) [1]
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- black-and-white photographs [19]
- photographs [19]
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- Canoes and canoeing [19]
- Camping [11]
- Boats and boating [9]
- Swimming [8]
- Boys [7]
- Service stations [2]
- Children [1]
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Topic: ("Canoes and canoeing")
Title: Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 1944. Young campers gather on the dock while others swim and canoe in Lake Champlain at Camp Abnaki. Photo #7.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 1944. Young campers on the dock. The swim and canoe in Lake Champlain while at Camp Abnaki. Photo #8.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1943 photo of young campers swimming, diving, boating in Lake Champlain while at Camp Abnaki. Photo #14.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 1944. Young campers gather on the dock while others swim and canoe in Lake Champlain at Camp Abnaki. Photo #9.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1943 photo of young campers swimming, diving, canoeing in Lake Champlain while camping at Camp Abnaki. Photo #15.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
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.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
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.
Title: Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of campers participate in a water activity in canoes on Lake Champlain at Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle; probably taken in the 1950s or 1960s. Camp operated by the Sisters of Mercy from 1957 to 1993. Photo #10.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948 Campers and nuns ride in row boats and a canoe on Lake Champlain. Photo #7.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 photo of campers paddling canoes as they near a finish line in the water marked by floating pieces of wood strung together. Photo #9.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Campers paddle canoes in Lake Champlain near a dock while at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Campers pose in four canoes gathered near a raft a ways from shore in the waters of Lake Champlain.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Misc.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Summer 1948 photo of row boats and a canoe on Lake Champlain with nuns and campers from Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle. Photo #8.
Title: Camps: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A summer photo of a small group of young boys and adult leaders in canoes, rowboats and inner tubes in Lake Champlain. A raft like craft with sail is also seen. A slightly larger boat has lettering on its side referring to "Yankee black pirates." Unknown date and location but may be 1920s or 1930s. Photo #19?
Title: Camps: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A summer photo of a small group of young boys and adult leaders in canoes, inner tubes, dinghy and rowboats in Lake Champlain. A slightly larger boat has lettering on its side referring to "Yankee black pirates." A raft like craft with a sail is seen photo center. Photo #18.
Title: Camps: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Summer fun in Lake Champlain is being had by young boys in the shallow waters near shore. Some sail toy sail boats while other wade, row or paddle canoes or row boats or splash in the water. Adult leaders stand on shore. An adult leader and some youth are on the dock; some head for the full size sail boat that is tied to the end of the dock. Location and date unknown but may be 1920s or 1930s. Embossed with McAllister's name in lower right corner. Photo #10.
Title: Champlain, Lake
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A small shed with a fuel filling pump and a canoe are to the right. A wooden dock juts out into Lake Champlain. Birch and other trees surround the area. Date unknown. Marble Island, Colchester, Vt. - Lakefront.
Title: Malletts Bay - Colchester, VT
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1936 summer photo of Lake Champlain as seen at Malletts Bay in Colchester, Vermont. Swimmers, sun bathers and canoes seen.
Title: Marble Island - Lakefront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A small shed with a fuel filling pump and a canoe are to the right. A wooden dock juts out into Lake Champlain. Birch and other trees surround the area. Date unknown. Marble Island, Colchester, Vt. - Lakefront. See also mcalA08F11i07
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