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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    • Date Created: 1958
    • Description: 1958 indoor photo (dated elsewhere as 1947: see mcalB14F26i05) of a couple with their young child.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
    Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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      • Date Created: 1949
      • Description: 1949 portrait photo of a group of people along with two young boys gathered outside a home. Several baskets of flowers are lined up in front of them. Photo #1.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits - Family
      Portraits - Family
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        • Date Created: circa 1946
        • Description: Ca. 1946 indoor photo of a young boy, his parents, and grandparents. Religious artifacts on the wall indicate a Catholic household.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits - Family
        Portraits - Family
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          • Date Created: circa 1946
          • Description: Ca. 1946 indoor photo of another subset of the family seen in mcalB14F26i10. This family includes a young priest.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits - Family
          Portraits - Family
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            • Date Created: 1949-1950
            • Description: 1949 or 1950 group portrait photo of an older couple gathered in a living room with several other adults (grown children?). Woman seated on the left is a nun.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Portraits - Children (Parties)
            Portraits - Children (Parties)
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              • Date Created: 1949
              • Description: 1949 photo of a Jewish family celebrating. A menorah sits on the dining table with moms, a grandmother and children gathered around.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits - Family
              Portraits - Family
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                • Date Created: 1944
                • Description: 1944 indoor family portrait photo. Mother holds a new born baby girl.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Portraits - Family
                Portraits - Family
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                  • Date Created: 1944
                  • Description: 1944 indoor photo of 3 children. (Photo damaged.)
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits - Family
                  Portraits - Family
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                    • Date Created: 1944
                    • Description: 1944 outdoor photo of parents and three sons, one of whom is a navy seaman.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
                    Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                      • Date Created: 1958
                      • Description: An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in a field in front of a large evergreen tree. See same family group in mcalA09F12i34 and mcalA15F02i31, i32, i33, i34, i35
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs