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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145 Burlington (Vt.). 132 Buildings. 113 Architectural photography. 63 Housing. 61 Portrait photography. 60 Street photography. 41 Family. 41 Interior architecture. 31 Construction projects. 29 House furnishings. 27 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 27 Women. 25 University of Vermont. 24 Children. 19 Men. 18 Brides. 17 Bridegrooms. 16 College students. 16 Greek letter societies. 15 Young women. 13 Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.). 13 Weddings. 11 Shelburne (Vt.). 10 Animals. 10 Marriage. 9 Business. 9 Landscape photography. 8 Girls. 7 Furniture. 6 Automobiles. 6 Cake. 6 Museums. 6 Street signs. 5 Christmas greens. 5 Colchester (Vt.). 5 Dolls. 5 Soldiers. 5 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Boys. 4 First communion. 4 Shelburne Museum. 4 Toys. 3 Chairs. 3 Reunions. 2 Circus performers. 2 Construction workers. 2 Flowers. 2 Infants. 2 Mobile homes. 2 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Young men. 1 Banners. 1 Billboards. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Church buildings. 1 Costume. 1 Employees. 1 Factories. 1 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 1 Gardens. 1 High school students. 1 Hospitals. 1 Hotels. 1 Machinery. 1 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 1 Rifles. 1 Robert Hull Fleming Museum. 1 Service stations. 1 Snowplows. 1 Tractors. 1 Trucks. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 1 Winooski (Vt.). 1 Women veterans. 1 Woodwork.

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Miniature of UVM Sororities - Kappa Alpha Theta
UVM Sororities - Kappa Alpha Theta
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    • Description: Sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta in their chapter house at 215 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt. (The house was built in 1900 for lawyer Charles T. Barney and later owned by the Catholic diocese as a residence for Bishop Joseph J. Rice.) Kappa Alpha Theta was the first sorority to have a chapter at UVM (1881).
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Portraits, individuals, unidentified
    Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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      • Description: A woman wears a long dress and sits in an upholstered chair in the corner of a living room in front of a curtained window with potted plants; perhaps her home. A fireplace is seen to the left. See the same woman also in mcalA16F01i05, i07, i08
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits, individuals, unidentified
      Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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        • Description: A woman wears a long dress and stands in the corner of a living room in front of a curtained window; perhaps her home. See the same woman in a different dress also in mcalA16F01i05, i06, i08
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Road Construction
        Road Construction
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          • Date Created: 1933-07-12
          • Description: July 12, 1933. View of a residential street in Burlington.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits - Family
          Portraits - Family
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            • Date Created: 1949-1950
            • Description: 1949 or 1950 wedding anniversary photo of an older couple standing at a table laid out with silver tea service, cups and sandwiches. A tiered cake is center. Taken in a kitchen. Photo #3.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Houses -Identified
            Houses -Identified
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              • Description: Summit St., street no. unknown. Architecture similar to that of 192 Summit (see mcalB09F17i04 and others).
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Houses -Unidentified
              Houses -Unidentified
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                • Description: A two story brick home with a pitched slate roof and dormer centrally placed. Wood panel shutters are seen on the upper story windows. There is a small portico entry with Doric columns at the front door with sidelights. Large evergreen trees surround the grounds. No. 101 is on the right porch column. Location unknown. See also mcalA11F16i09
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
                Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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                  • Date Created: circa 1950's
                  • Description: 1950s photo of house at Grant Street and North Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vt.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Machinery
                  Machinery
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                    • Date Created: 1956-1957
                    • Description: 1956/1957 photo of wooden link chains McAllister carved from a broom handle showing the process for making the chain using a coping saw and clamp. Taken in the cellar of his home at 47 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Other photos of his are seen to the far right. See also mcalA12F12i06 under McAllister Memorabilia and mcalB16F13i24 for similar setting.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
                    Portraits - Individuals
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                      • Date Created: undated
                      • Description: Mid 1940s photo of an older man working on the legs of a piece of furniture (cabinet?). The room has remnants of wallpaper and appears now to be a workshop. See also mcalB16F14i09
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs