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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Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Date Created: 1952-03-10
- Description: March 10, 1952. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
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Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Interiors
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- Description: Corridor in the Mary Fletcher Hospital.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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- Description: Socony automotive exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing anti-freeze supplies for the automobiles. See also mcalA17F08i03
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Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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- Description: Tydol Gasoline exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing automotive supplies.
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Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: Group of adults [French Summer School faculty] assembled on benches outside one of the buildings on the Middlebury College campus. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA13F07i08
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Middlebury College - Groups
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- Description: Group of men and women [Spanish Summer School faculty] assembled on the steps outside Pearsons Hall on Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.
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Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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- Description: Formal class photo at the private Catholic girls' school, Mount St. Mary's in Burlington, Vermont. Taken inside. Circa 1954-1957.
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Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo outside on the front steps. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #10
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Offices
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- Description: Undated photograph of a Burlington office interior.
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Musical Ensembles
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- Description: Student band with their leader. Location Edmunds High School gymnasium/auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Undated.
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