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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Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
Portraits, families, unidentified
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    • Description: A group photo of some of the younger members of a family. They are all nicely dressed for a special occasion. See also mcalA15F03i13 and i15
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    Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
    Portraits, families, unidentified
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      • Description: Photo of beach ; water front land ; lake shoreline ; along with a group of men and women gathered in the upper right corner of photo.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
      Portraits, families, unidentified
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        • Description: Multi generation family photo of two older women, an infant and a young man and woman. They are assembled in perhaps a living room with bold patterned wallpaper of leaves and foliage.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
        Portraits, families, unidentified
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          • Description: An outdoor summer family group portrait taken in front of a clapboard house. Number 54 seen on the porch post. Three of the men wear knickers.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
          Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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            • Date Created: 1955
            • Description: 1955 photo of Linda Cummings (class of 1960) and her father, Mr. Baxter Cummings of the M. Baxter Cummings, Jr. Agency.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
            Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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              • Date Created: 1955
              • Description: 1955 photo of Linda Cummings (class of 1960) and her father, Mr. Baxter Cummings of the M. Baxter Cummings, Jr. Agency. Photo appears in the BHS yearbook Oread, p. 123.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits - Children
              Portraits - Children
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                • Date Created: 1946-1947
                • Description: 1946 or 1947 photo of a young boy and girl (siblings?) in their home with Christmas tree and presents. The girl sits on a tricycle with her small purse hanging from the handle bars. Same children as seen in mcalB14F04i11
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                Miniature of Portraits - Children
                Portraits - Children
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                  • Date Created: 1952
                  • Description: 1952 photo of what may be the same children seen in mcalB14F06i09. Seen here during another Christmas with their toys. Older girl and her younger sister each hold a doll. Their older brother stands beside them with a toy cash register placed on the floor in front of him.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits - Family
                  Portraits - Family
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                    • Date Created: 1944
                    • Description: 1944 indoor Christmas photo of the women in one family, with at least four, possibly five, generations present.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Family
                    Portraits - Family
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                      • Date Created: 1944
                      • Description: 1944 indoor photo of a woman with two young men standing behind her, very likely a mother and her two sons. Picture of the Lord's Supper hangs on the wall to the right.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs