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.
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Machinery
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- Description: A large piece of machinery standing outside a building next to a door that has a sign on it reading "No admittance"
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Machinery
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- Date Created: 1948-1949
- Description: Dated 1948 / 1949. Photo of Machine cabinet closed.
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Machinery
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- Date Created: 1948-1949
- Description: Dated 1948 / 1949. Photo of Machine cabinet with door open.
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Hi-Y Clubs
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- Description: Burlington Junior Hi-Y Club boys' basketball team 1945 with coach. Photo #6.
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Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of Highway Bridge in Cambridge, Vermont located on Route 15 ; constructed by the Vermont Structural Steel Company. Photo #30.
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Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: Summer, 1937 photo of the Alex Colodny residence, 155 North Prospect St. The chimney displays a large decorative "C."
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Middlebury College - Summer School Groups - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: Group of Middlebury College attendees, very likely graduate students or assistant faculty in one of the language schools. Dated 1959.
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Middlebury College - Summer School Groups - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: Group of Middlebury College attendees, very likely graduate students or assistant faculty in one of the language schools. Dated 1960.
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Military Equipment
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- Description: Photo showing the placement of a pick axe attached with leather straps to the underside of a military vehicle. Dated 1957.
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Malletts Bay - Colchester, VT
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- Date Created: 1935-1936
- Description: 1935 /1936 summer photo of children and adults enjoying Lake Champlain as seen at Malletts Bay in Colchester, Vermont.
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