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 Burlington Streets: Williams St.
Burlington Streets: Williams St.
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    • Date Created: 1931-10-20
    • Description: October 20, 1931. Photo # 1. View looking south toward Pearl Street during street construction project by the city street dept. showing Mixed In Place Asphalt Macadam - Showing surface after flush coat had been applied and a light carpet of sand to aid in rolling and to render surface more dense. Dwellings seen on both sides of the street.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Burlington Streets: Williams St.
    Burlington Streets: Williams St.
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      • Date Created: 1931-10-20
      • Description: October 20, 1931. Photo # 2. View of Williams Street during road construction by the Burlington Street Dept. Here a steam roller smooths the road surface. Caption reads "Same as #1 after rolling."
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
      Portraits, families, unidentified
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        • Description: A man, his wife and two children stand outside their house. The same man appears in mcalA09F12i44 holding a carved wooden chain. He is missing his left hand. See also mcalA15F02i12
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington - Street Views
        Burlington - Street Views
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          • Description: Winter 1944 photo of a street in Burlington.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
          Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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            • Date Created: 1946-1947
            • Description: Ca. 1946 photo of 4 elderly men, standing in front of a house. Identity of group, venue, and occasion unknown.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Portraits - Children
            Portraits - Children
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              • Date Created: 1944
              • Description: 1944 Christmas photo of three young children seated on the floor of a living room. They are in front of their Christmas tree along with wrapped presents. One child holds a doll while another holds a toy.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Weddings
              Weddings
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                • Date Created: 1944
                • Description: 1944 wedding portrait of bride (in wedding gown). She stands in a living room in front of a brick fireplace.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Weddings
                Weddings
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                  • Date Created: 1945
                  • Description: 1945 wedding portrait of a wartime bride and groom with members of the wedding party. They stand in an archway that may be in a private home. Baskets of flowers are on the floor beside them. She is dressed in a wedding gown and holds a large bouquet. The groom is in military uniform.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
                  Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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                    • Description: 216 So. Prospect Street. Built in 1871 for George Francis, it was later owned by the Shaw family, and, at the time of this photograph, it was the residence of Henry T. Way, whose father Harry had purchased it in 1915. It is currently the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house. Architectural style is described as "Italianate." To the right is a Christmas display in the snow of Santa, sleigh and two reindeer. Dated mid 1940s.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Houses -Unidentified
                    Houses -Unidentified
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                      • Date Created: 1930
                      • Description: 1930s photo of unidentified house with two porch entries. Steps for one entrance are at the corner of the house. An upper story porch is enclosed and there is a rear entrance seen to the far left in back. Could this be 119 North Willard Street, Burlington??
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs