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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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1946-1947
- Description: 1946 or 1947 portrait photo of a young girl standing on a small table placed before a curtained window. She wears a dress, bonnet and a necklace with a cross. Same child as in mcalB14F04i15
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Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: Sunday School for a group of children engaged in cutting construction paper and working on a project. Taken in a building on Orchard Terrace, known as "The Pilgrim House", purchased by the First Congregational Church for Sunday School use. House demolished in 1960s to make way for new addition to the church. The children sit at tables. A woman leans over the children also helping with the cutting. The floor is carpeted, the blinds drawn at the two windows in the back. One little boy kneels near a doll house. Photo #9. See also mcalA14F16i31.
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Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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- Description: A skit of some sort seems to be in rehearsal on the grounds of Camp Marycrest by the front porch of the main building. Porch posts are decorated with crepe paper trim. The girls read from scripts. What appears to be a tape reel machine stands on a small table. Lake Champlain is seen in the background to the right. The camp was for girls and operated from 1957 to 1993 by the Sisters of Mercy in Grand Isle, Vermont. Undated but may be 1950s or 1960s. Photo #32.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Junior Girls
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of a group of VFW Junior Girls and their leaders, very likely members of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Location is very likely the VFW hall at 69 College St., Burlington, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Junior Girls
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of two VFW Junior Girls, one apparently handing the gavel (and whatever leadership position it stands for) to another Junior Girl. Location is very likely the VFW post on 69 College St., Burlington, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camps: Unidentified
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- Description: A photograph of two young girls in uniform and a slightly older young woman greeting two other girls who have just arrived with suitcases. It appears to be a promotional photo to perhaps a private or religious girls' school. A bus in the background has the word "academy" on the back of it. A brick building is to the right. Date and location unknown but could be from the 1950s or 1960s in late summer early autumn. Photo #9.
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Weddings
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- Description: Children's version of a wedding party. A young girl and boy pose as bride and groom. Another boy is the minister, others pose as best man and as maid of honor.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
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- Description: A group of young girls and several women gather for a portrait. Several wear military caps and neck scarves. Photo no. 4.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
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- Description: Several girls in uniform wear military caps, white blouses, dark skirts, neck scarves and stand with two older women in military dress with the initials VFW on their sleeves.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Bluebirds
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- Description: 1957-58 A troop of girls belonging to the Blue Birds (Camp Fire Girls) stands and kneels with a framed poster. The girls are in uniform, some complete with beanie caps with blue bird emblem. Troop leader stands in back. See also mcalA14F16i12 under Portraits, children, unidentified
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs