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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    • Date Created: circa 1950's
    • Description: 1950s shoe display in a glass enclosed display case.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
    Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
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      • Description: Yandow Tire and Battery Company window display with auto accessories. Business was located on So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. See also Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions mcalA13F06i17
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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      Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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        • Date Created: 1951
        • Description: 1951 group of men gathered near tables in a public commercial room with display material set up advertising MoPar Micronic Oil Filters. Photo #2.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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        Store Windows
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          • Description: Unipower radio equipment display. Perhaps part of a business exhibition at Memorial Auditorium.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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          Agricultural Exhibitions
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            • Description: View of exhibition booths displaying fresh vegetables and canned goods. Undated but may be 1940s; location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Edgar Chott & Sons
            Edgar Chott & Sons
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              • Description: Mid 1930s Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT Lower level of Memorial Auditorium and a display of boats and boating supplies owned by Edgar Chiott & Sons. Chiott is listed as lighthouse keeper and proprietor in the Burlington city directory. (Duplicate of mcalB08F08i04.)
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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              Camp Abnaki - Miscellaneous
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                • Description: July 1944 Vermont state YMCA photo exhibit at the Vermont Conference of Social Work displaying many photos by McAllister taken at the summer boys' camp, Camp Abnaki.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                Agricultural Exhibitions
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                  • Description: International Harvester agricultural exhibition booth showing a map of Vermont where there are dealers. Dairy milking machines are in the foreground. 1940s
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                  Agricultural Exhibitions
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                    • Description: Several tables display canned goods and fresh vegetables at an agricultural exhibition. A large banner reads "Buy Victory Bonds". Must have been held in the Fall as there are squash and pumpkins seen. Undated but may be 1940s and location may be Memorial Auditorium in Burlington.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                    Agricultural Exhibitions
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                      • Description: View of exhibition booths. Fresh vegetables and canned goods are on some of the tables. Undated but may be 1940s ; location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs