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
Showing 1931 - 1940 of 4224 Records
Winooski Bridge (4X5's)
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- Date Created: 1928
- Description: 1928 view of the Winooski Bridge from the falls in the Winooksi River. To center left is the Champlain Mill.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski Bridge (Washout) (4X5's)
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- Date Created: 1927
- Description: 1927 view of the Winooski River on the Winooski side, the temporary pontoon bridge built after the November 1927 flood and the Champlain Mill.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Farms
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: View across a farm with dairy barn, other farm buildings, and white farmhouse to mountains in the distance. There are two automobiles in the yard and laundry hung on a clothesline.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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- Description: Group of military men with scopes and binoculars. Photo #17.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: View from McAllister's backyard at 47 No. Winooski Ave of the building next door. Winter scene with snow pushed up against the fencing.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: A woman and a dog look out the window of a two door automobile (1930s?) It is parked on a grassy area with large well built upscale homes or buildings behind it. The buildings have long wide open porches and elaborate railings.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: A two story clapboard sided house with pitched roof. It has a small pediment front entry. Paneled shutters seen on windows. Large mature trees surround the house. Another large building seen in the background. Perhaps a barn. See also mcalB09F24i11
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951-01-10
- Description: January 10, 1951. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Description: November 10, 1951. Construction of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim Mead & White. Builders Vermilya-Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951-07-10
- Description: July 10, 1951. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs