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: 1951-1952
    • Description: Wood bench or stool. Dated 1951 / 1952.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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      • Date Created: 1954
      • Description: 1954 photo of nine Mount St. Mary's Academy students in a dorm room. Photo #12?
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
      Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: 1945 photo of a living room with upholstered furniture, a fireplace and a large Persian type rug on the floor. A beautiful high style chest of drawers seen to the right.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits, children, unidentified
        Portraits, children, unidentified
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          • Description: Sunday School for a group of children engaged in cutting construction paper and working on a project. Taken in a building on Orchard Terrace, known as "The Pilgrim House", purchased by the First Congregational Church for Sunday School use. House demolished in 1960s to make way for new addition to the church. The children sit at tables. A woman leans over the children also helping with the cutting. The floor is carpeted, the blinds drawn at the two windows in the back. One little boy kneels near a doll house. Photo #9. See also mcalA14F16i31.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Miscellaneous
          Miscellaneous
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            • Date Created: 1935-1936
            • Description: Two upholstered chairs. Dated 1935 / 1936.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
            Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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              • Description: Undated interior photo of a large parlor or living room with a fireplace, floor to ceiling windows, wicker or rattan furniture and large area rug on the floor. Embossed in lower right corner.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits, children, unidentified
              Portraits, children, unidentified
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                • Description: Two very young children seated in an overstuffed chair. A woman (perhaps Mom) seen to the far left. Lower left corner of photo labeled Store No. 397 Burlington, Vermont.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Shelburne Museum
                Shelburne Museum
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                  • Description: Webb Trophy Room (now Shelburne Museum) showing a kitchen area with hearth, table and various wild creatures along with guns and rifles displayed hanging on the walls.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
                  Portraits, groups, unidentified
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                    • Description: Uniformed (Catholic?) high school girls eat a meal at small cafeteria type lunch tables. High curtained windows are seen as well as a hard wood floor.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Cathedral High School
                    Cathedral High School
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                      • Date Created: 1956
                      • Description: 1956 group photo of Cathedral High School students and a faculty member. Probably taken for the school year book. Photo #22
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs