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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Creator(s)
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- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [15]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [15]
- Champlain, Lake [1]
Format(s)
- image [15]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [15]
- photographs [15]
Topic(s)
- Nuns [15]
- Portrait photography [9]
- Women [9]
- Camps [5]
- Girls [5]
- Employees [1]
- Worship programs [1]
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Topic: ("Nuns")
Place: ("Camp Marycrest (Vt.)")
Title: Camp Marycrest - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948 photo of two small groups of girls with an adult leader sitting outside on the grounds of Camp Marycrest. A nun leads one group while another woman attends the second.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Misc.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1940s photo of Marycrest campers, nuns, camp staff eating a meal on the steps of one of the large buildings on the grounds. Photo #2.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Misc.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1940s photo of Marycrest campers, nuns, camp staff eating a meal on the steps of one of the large buildings on the grounds. Photo #3.
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: Camp Marycrest - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948 photo of Camp Marycrest staff that include nuns, and a priest.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 group photo of Camp Marycrest staff including nuns on the steps of the main building. Photo #14.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 group photo of Camp Marycrest staff with nuns sitting on the steps of the main building.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 group photo of Camp Marycrest staff with nuns.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 group photo of Camp Marycrest staff with nuns.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 contact sheet with four images of Camp Marycrest; group photo of staff and nuns (photo #10), group photo of campers (photo #17), worship service (photo #20), main building (photo #25).
Title: Camp Marycrest - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated group photo of Camp Marycrest staff, nuns and priest on the steps of the main building. Photo #3.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated group photo of 7 women (one is a nun) standing on the lawn in front of the main building at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #5.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Summer 1948 group photo of Marycrest staff, nuns, priest.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948 group photo of Marycrest camp staff and nuns on the steps of the main building. On the porch in the background are mail box slots.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948 group photo of Marycrest staff, nuns and priest. Photo #30.
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