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 Queen City Park (So. Burlington, VT)
Queen City Park (So. Burlington, VT)
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    • Date Created: undated
    • Description: Group of people standing outside next to the Queen City Park Hotel. Another one story building behind them. Undated.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Burlington Streets: Church Street
    Burlington Streets: Church Street
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      • Date Created: undated
      • Description: Church Street looking north from Bank Street toward the Unitarian Church, Burlington, Vermont - July, 1931. Trolley tracks can be seen running the length of the road but no overhead lines (not used since 1929). To the left foreground is Beebe Pharmacy at 75 Church (Mason Gaylord Beebe?) in the Lambert building. Beebe will become Kelley's Pharmacy. Other retail stores seen. New Sherwood Hotel seen further up the street. Hotel burned in 1937. Name of McAllister's studio embossed in lower right along with type print label "Store No. 397 Burlington, Vt."
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Winooski
      Winooski
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        • Date Created: 1928
        • Description: 1928 view of Main Street, Winooski, Vermont with buildings and concrete or cement walls near embankment of the Winooski River. In center background is the Brunswick Hotel.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Vergennes Inn
        Vergennes Inn
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          • Description: Clarks Hardware and the Vergennes Inn, at the corner of Main and Green Street in Vergennes. The site of a tavern in the late 18th c., this property was purchased by the Stevens family in 1793 and was eventually known as the Stevens House and Stevens House Hotel. Photo dated 1945.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs