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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Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #4.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 portrait photo of a Camp Abnaki staff member as he stands outside one of the main buildings and near a stone monument with a plaque. Totem pole seen behind. He is pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalB04F22i04, mcalA08F01i17
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #3.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff; perhaps counselors as they are all young men. Photo #5.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1929-1960
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of Camp Abnaki staff circa 1961 as they are wearing logo T-shirts with a colored collar and sleeve cuffs. Photo #6?
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Camp Abnaki staff seated on the steps of one of the main buildings. Photo #4.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Camp Abnaki staff seated on and infront of the steps of one of the main buildings. Photo #7.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Camp Abnaki staff seated on and in front of the steps of one of the main buildings. Photo #6.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff; all young men wearing logo T-shirts with colored collars and sleeve cuffs. Photo #5.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 photo of Camp Abnaki staff. An infant is held in the lap of its father seated in the front row. Photo #2. Printed backwards as the number 2 is backwards.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 photo of Camp Abnaki staff with infant in its father's lap in the front row. Photo #4.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 photo of Camp Abnaki staff with infant in its father's lap seated in the front row. Photo #3.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Five men stand in front of the Camp Abnaki totem pole. Undated. Photo #10.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956/1957 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff seated outside on the camp's grounds.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956/1957 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956/1957 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 photo of a man wearing a logo sweat shirt standing near the Camp Abnaki totem pole. Photo #8. He is pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalB04F22i04, mcalA08F01i17, mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i09
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff.
Title: Camp Abnaki - 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 Abnaki staff. Photo #5.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 photo of two men standing on either side of the Camp Abnaki totem pole. The older man on the left wearing glasses in pictured in several camp photos. mcalB04F19i08. Photo #8.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #4. The man seated to the right of totem pole is pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i09, mcalB04F22i08
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #3. The man seated to the right of the totem pole is pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i08, mcalB04F22i09
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #5. The man seated to the right of the totem pole is pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i08, mcalB04F22i09
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 portrait photo of a man often pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalA08F01i17, mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i01, mcalB04F22i05, mcalB04F22i06, mcalB04F22i07, mcalB04F22i09
Title: Camp Abnaki - Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 portrait photo of a man often pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalA08F01i17, mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i01, mcalB04F22i05, mcalB04F22i06, mcalB04F22i07, mcalB04F22i08
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