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)
Place(s)
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [15]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [7]
Format(s)
- image [15]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [10]
- photographs [10]
Topic(s)
- Camps [10]
- Boys [8]
- Portrait photography [5]
- Flag raising and lowering [4]
- Young men [4]
- Volleyball [1]
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Place: ("Camp Abnaki (Vt.)")
Title: Camp Abnaki - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 1944. A volleyball game at Camp Abnaki. Photo #23.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951. Boys working on projects in the craft room at Camp Abnaki. Photo #30.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 1944. Working on projects in the craft room at Camp Abnaki. Photo #15.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 1944. Working on projects in the craft room at Camp Abnaki. Photo #16.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A flag raising ceremony at Camp Abnaki. The photograph is dated 1951.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A flag raising ceremony at Camp Abnaki. The photograph is dated 1951.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A flag raising ceremony at Camp Abnaki. The photograph is dated 1951.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A cannon is fired during a flag raising ceremony at Camp Abnaki. The photograph is dated 1951.
Title: Camps - Summer
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Summer, Fall 1945 photo of staff at Camp Abnaki, North Hero, Vermont. Photo #3.
Title: Camps - Summer
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Summer, Fall 1945 photo of camp staff at Camp Abnaki, North Hero, Vermont. Photo #5.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951; 1951
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
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951; 1951
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
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951; 1951
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
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
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.
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
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.
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