Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: Another view of Veterans Day (1957) at Battery Park, Burlington, Vt. Veterans, one soldier in uniform, and children from the neighborhood are present. The speaker at the microphone is as yet unidentified but could easily be a veteran of World War I (see also mcalB21F12i01-mcalB21F12i02).
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Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 Trinity Colleges students (library workers?) gathered in the library.
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Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 Tea party at Trinity College, with students and faculty attending. Photo #3.
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UVM - Fleming Museum
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- Description: Display case in the Fleming Museum with a variety of artifacts.
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Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1947-1948
- Description: 1947 / 1948 photo of a group of people wearing masks and dressed in a variety of costumes. Halloween?!
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Theatricals
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- Date Created: circa 1950
- Description: 1950s school dramatic production held in the Taft School auditorium. Photo #4.
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Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of cast of a school stage production performed at Taft School auditorium.
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UVM - Fraternities - Alpha Tau Omega
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: Members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, with house at 21 So. Williams St., Burlington, Vt. Dated 1951. Photo #26.
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UVM - Fraternities - Sigma Alpha Epsilon
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, with house at 61 Summit St., Burlington, Vt. A similar photo appears on p.139 of the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook. (Same group as in mcalB19F30i01.) Photo #36.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - School of Nursing
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of five UVM nurses (candy stripers?) with a seated older woman.
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