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

List

Gallery

Information

Showing 181 - 190 of 459 Records

Relevance Title (A-Z) Title (Z-A) Year (0-9) Year (9-0)
10 25 50 100
Active filters
Subject Topic Merge: Family.   Remove all  

459 still image
Miniature of Portraits - Family
Portraits - Family
Image nop
    • Date Created: 1946-1947
    • Description: Ca. 1946 indoor photo of a couple with two young children (as seen in mcalB14F25i14).
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Portraits - Family
    Portraits - Family
    Image nop
      • Date Created: 1947-1948
      • Description: Ca. 1947 indoor photo of family in mcalB14F26i01, but with a different arrangement of persons, and a bit too much exposure.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits - Family
      Portraits - Family
      Image nop
        • Date Created: 1946-1947
        • Description: Ca. 1946 indoor photo of the family in mcalB14F25i09, plus 2 spouses and/or girlfriends added.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits - Family
        Portraits - Family
        Image nop
          • Date Created: 1946-1947
          • Description: Ca. 1946 indoor photo of more people from mcalB14F26i10. Since the family resemblance is notable, this may be a milestone wedding anniversary (or similar occasion) for the man standing 2nd from right. Other people there are probably siblings, either with or without their spouses.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits - Family
          Portraits - Family
          Image nop
            • Date Created: 1947-1948
            • Description: Ca. 1947 outdoor photo of an elderly couple in their garden.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of McAllister Memorabilia
            McAllister Memorabilia
            Image nop
              • Description: A well dressed woman poses for a formal studio portrait with a young girl, probably her daughter. Woman also appears in other photos in this collection e.g. mcalA12F13i3 and i5. Woman 2nd or 3rd wife of McAllister's father?
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of McAllister Memorabilia
              McAllister Memorabilia
              Image nop
                • Description: Formal family studio portrait with man sporting a mutton chops style beard (McAllister's father?), a seated woman and two children; one being an infant in the woman's lap. Photo identified as being from the studio of James Nelson of Fullerton and Cedar Rapids, Nebraska. Woman on the right also appears in other photos in this collection e.g. mcalA12F13i3 and i4.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
                Portraits, families, unidentified
                Image nop
                  • Description: A family portrait of an unidentified man and woman of the Salvation Army and five children. See also mcalA15F02i05 and i07, and mcalA16F01i32
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
                  Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
                  Image nop
                    • Description: 1948 group photo of family members seated in a Jeepster automobile in front of one of the buildings at Camp Abnaki, North Hero, Vt. Photo #3.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Miscellaneous
                    Camp Abnaki - Miscellaneous
                    Image nop
                      • Description: July 1944 photo of a family near one of the cabins at Camp Abnaki.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs