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.
Revised April, 2010
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Milton High School - Class Pictures
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 Milton High School class picture. Girl in back row, 2nd from left has P. B. on her blouse. Could this be Phyllis Rosemary Barrett (Class of 1949)?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 photo of Mt St Mary's basketball team posing for a group portrait in the gymnasium. Photo #14.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1956-1957
- Description: 1956 or 1957 photo of Mt St Mary's basketball team posing for a group portrait inside on stage. Photo #27.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Cheerleaders
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- Date Created: 1956-1957
- Description: 1956 or 1957 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy cheerleaders in uniform outside on the steps of the school with large megaphone with initials MSM. Photo #30
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
McLure's Student Band, Groton, VT
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 photo of McLure's Student Band, Groton, Vermont assembled inside perhaps in the Burlington City Hall auditorium. May have been taken at the Vermont Music Festival. Photo #1
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Machinery
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- Date Created: 1949-1950
- Description: Dated 1949 / 1950. Photo of a large piece of machinery labeled Erie Foundry Co., 220 Erie, PA / USA. Name of foundry seen in the center near the top.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Machinery
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: Counter top machinery. Dated 1945.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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- Description: Photo of Interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. showing some of the machines.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Marble Island - Lakefront
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- Description: View of lake from Marble Island Clubhouse in Colchester, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 Construction of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim Mead & White. Builders Vermilya-Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs