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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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: A multi generation family portrait. The man and woman seated in the back may be the parents of the young boy and infant twins. The two older women may be grandmothers. They all sit in a living room setting with upholstered furniture. See same family in mcalA15F02i19
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Burlington Streets: Adams St.
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- Description: Undated photograph of a residence at 48 Adams Street
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Burlington Streets: Institute Road
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- Date Created: 1946-04-11
- Description: April 11, 1946 Institute Road - Rock Excavation Street Widening Project. This view taken from the intersection of the road leading to Bishop Hopkins Hall looking easterly toward North Ave. shows the appearance of Institute Road after all rock excavation and widening had been completed ready for the earth fill to be placed on the shoulders.
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Burlington Streets: Lakeside Ave
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- Date Created: 1945-12-11 00:00:00
- Description: December 11, 1945. City of Burlington, Vermont, Street Department Lakeside Ave. Pavement Base Construction This view was taken from a point near the intersection of Central Ave. looking easterly toward the underpass. Note that the temporary wearing surface had been constructed for the base after the work of mixing and stabilizing the base had been completed as shown in the picture under date of Dec. 5, 1945. This stage of construction was done to enable the street to be used during the winter and early spring without experiencing the troubles of early spring break-up of the old dirt and cinder street. The pavement will be completed in the summer of 1946. Note the crushed stone base placed in the driveway after regrading to meet new grades. To the left in background is the Blodgett Co.
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Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: A yard area with evergreen trees, folding canvas lawn chairs, an Adirondack style lounge chair, a bird bath, wooden lattice arbor or trellis, wooden picket fence in the back. A one story building seen to the far right.
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Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: Two story house with some Georgian architectural elements. It has a pitched roof, dormers and chimneys. There is a slightly projecting front. Front door has a Georgian style swan's neck pediment above and sidelights. Paneled shutters are on the upper story six over six windows. Two window bay areas are in either side of the front door. Portico seen to the far left. A two bay garage is to the right.
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Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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- Description: An interior view of a living room area perhaps in a camp, cottage or hunting lodge. Overstuffed chairs and other comfortable furniture furnish the room. Many animal heads (some foxes?) are hung on the walls. Rifles are mounted overhead.
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Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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- Date Created: 1936-05-08
- Description: May 6, 1955. View of what appears to be a painted brick cellar wall with metal pipes. A wooden step ladder is seen to the left. An open window on the right gives a view to the outside.
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Houses - Identified
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- Description: 380 Pearl Street, Burlington, Vermont at the corner of No. Williams Street. Sign on the upper story balcony reads "W. M. Adams, General Contractor and Builder, Burlington, phone 928" Walter M. Adams also advertised as working in sand, gravel and cement work. Referred to as the Loomis-Van Patten House, some of its history can be read in "History Guide to Burlington Neighborhoods by David J. Blow.
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Houses - Identified
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- Description: 47 No. Winooski Ave. Sign on the porch reads McAllister. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as living and having his photo business at this address from 1916 to 1962.
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