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 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 Shelburne Museum
    Shelburne Museum
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      • Description: Photo of a drawing of the Shelburne Museum grounds. This is an earlier map, undated.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Shelburne Museum
      Shelburne Museum
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        • Description: Another view of the Shelburne Museum Prentis House with its saltbox style architecture and nearby well.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
        Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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          • Date Created: 1955-04-12
          • Description: April 12, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga is positioned in the berthing basin on the grounds of the Shelburne Museum. The paddle-boat has traveled 9250 feet from Shelburne Bay overland to its final resting place. Photo 163.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Shelburne Museum
          Shelburne Museum
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            • Description: Visitors stop near the former main entrance to the Shelburne Museum. Visitors could at one time enter through one side of the covered bridge. The other side housed wagons, carriages, carts. A horse drawn milk carriage was stationed next to the bridge; a favorite spot for a snapshot. No border fence was present at this point in time. In the distance is seen the Colchester Lighthouse and the steamboat Ticonderoga.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington Streets: Colchester Ave
            Burlington Streets: Colchester Ave
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              • Date Created: 1933-07-12 00:00:00
              • Description: July 12, 1933 dated photo of Colchester Ave. looking west in the direction of Mansfield Ave. Robert Hull Fleming Museum is on left (constructed in 1931). More about this photo can be found on UVM's Historic Burlington Project web site.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of UVM - Fleming Museum
              UVM - Fleming Museum
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                • Date Created: 1951-1952
                • Description: Several women in period costume on the main stairs of the Fleming Museum. Occasion must have been a theatrical production of some kind. Dated 1951 / 1952.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
                Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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                  • Date Created: 1951-10-16
                  • Description: October 16, 1951. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc. UVM buildings in the background including the Robert Hull Fleming Museum, box dormitory, Old Mill, Billings, Ira Allen Chapel steeple.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Shelburne Museum
                  Shelburne Museum
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                    • Description: Spring photo of the Shelburne Museum Prentis House. Shown next to the house is a stone well and its long pole. Lilacs are in bloom.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of UVM - Fleming Museum
                    UVM - Fleming Museum
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                      • Date Created: 1951-1952
                      • Description: Three women in period costume, presumably for an event at the Fleming Museum. Dated 1951 / 1952.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs