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 Farms
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    • Date Created: 1947
    • Description: 1947 photo of the interior of a dairy cow barn with several well dressed men walking among the cow stalls.
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    Miniature of Farms
    Farms
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      • Date Created: 1947
      • Description: 1947 photo of several men (dairy inspectors??) in a cow barn.
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      Miniature of Farms
      Farms
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: 1945 photo of the interior of a dairy barn with cows in their stalls and milking equipment. See also for what may be the same barn mcalB08F12i01.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Farms - Barns
        Farms - Barns
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          • Description: Undated photo of farm buildings as seen from a grassy field. Included are a barn with silo, a small shed (maybe a chicken coop) and what may be the farmhouse (seen to the far right).
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Farms
          Farms
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            • Date Created: 1945
            • Description: 1945 photo of the interior of a dairy barn with cows in their stalls, milking equipment and two men.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Farms
            Farms
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              • Date Created: 1945
              • Description: 1945 photo of the interior of a cow barn with three men, cows, milking machines and buckets. See also for what may be the same barn mcalB08F12i08 edit
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Farms
              Farms
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                • Description: Autumn scene of a farmhouse with small attached barn next to a paved road. An automobile is parked in the front yard just off the road. Trees are bare of leaves. There are mountains in the background.
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                Miniature of Farms
                Farms
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                  • Description: View of a farm with white farmhouse and barn and garden plot. A dirt road with utility poles and lines runs in front of the house.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Farms - Livestock
                  Farms - Livestock
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                    • Date Created: 1944
                    • Description: 1944 photo of farm chickens feeding outside their coop with a barn and other farm buildings in background.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Parizo's Sunset Ranch
                    Parizo's Sunset Ranch
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                      • Date Created: 1937
                      • Description: Summer, 1937 photo of a Texas-style swing band in front of Parizo's Sunset Ranch, very likely a popular barn dance venue. Musicians are dressed in cowboy attire and playing their instruments: 2 guitars, violin, mandolin, and banjo. Each is identified by first names(l.-r.): Danny, Shorty, Tex, Ray, and Pewe (Pee-wee?).
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs