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: 1935-1936
    • Description: Mid-1930s outdoor photo of three women, from possibly three generations, and a young child, all very likely in the Chester M. Kerr family. Kerr, a salesman, owned this house at 283 So. Prospect St., Burlington (see mcalB14F14i02).
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    Portraits - Family
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      • Date Created: 1943
      • Description: 1943 indoor photo of four women and an infant, very likely three or four generations of the family.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits - Family
      Portraits - Family
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        • Date Created: 1944
        • Description: 1944 outdoor photo of young family--husband, wife, two sons, possibly twins, and a daughter holding a favorite cloth doll. See also mcalB14F15i01.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits - Family
        Portraits - Family
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          • Date Created: circa 1945
          • Description: Ca. 1945 indoor photo of a girl, her mother, and (possibly) grandfather and great-grandmother.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits - Family
          Portraits - Family
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            • Date Created: 1945
            • Description: 1945 indoor photo of large family seen in mcalB14F18i09. Two of the men balance a photograph of a service man, very likely another family member, who for some reason was unable to attend the photo session.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Congregational Church, First - Groups
            Congregational Church, First - Groups
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              • Description: Rev. Dr. George William Lawrence, Mrs. Nancy Lawrence with young daughter Virginia and son George William III. Rev. Lawrence was Associate Minister of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont in the 1950s. Undated but may be early or mid 1950s. Photo taken at 30 Adams Street in Burlington, Vermont. Most likely photo was for the annual church brochure used to canvas members for operational funds.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
              Portraits, families, unidentified
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                • Description: Photo of beach ; water front land ; lake shoreline ; along with a group of men and women gathered in the lower right corner of photo.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
                Portraits, families, unidentified
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                  • Description: A man and woman pose for their portrait. She sits in an elaborate high back wooden throne like chair with arms. He stands beside her in formal suit wearing a cloth cap. A large basket of flowers seen to the right.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
                  Portraits, families, unidentified
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                    • Description: A multi generation family group with mother holding infant twins. See same family members in mcalA15F02i18 and i26
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Family
                    Portraits - Family
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                      • Date Created: 1957-1958
                      • Description: Ca. 1957 double print of a large family, taken perhaps in Chittenden county (Vt.), in a suburban neighborhood.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs