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

Showing 2691 - 2700 of 4224 Records

Saint Michael's College - Groups
Image nop
    • Date Created: undated
    • Description: Group of men (college students in business suits?) gather in library of Saint Michael's College for a portrait photo. Photo 31.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Saint Michael's College - Groups
    Image nop
      • Date Created: undated
      • Description: A group of men (Saint Michael's College students?) with a priest pose for a portrait in a room with curtained window behind. Photo 10.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      School Groups - Unidentified
      Image nop
        • Date Created: circa 1945
        • Description: Ca. 1945 photo of high school or late middle school students assembled for a portrait outside their school. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #1.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        School Groups - Unidentified
        Image nop
          • Date Created: circa 1945
          • Description: Ca. 1945 photo of 4 students, perhaps class officers, standing outside their school for a portrait. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #11.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Queen City Park (So. Burlington, VT)
          Image nop
            • 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


            Rice Memorial High School - Groups
            Image nop
              • Date Created: 1959
              • Description: Members of the Rice Memorial High School Rifle Club. Dated 1959. Photo #20.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Rice Memorial High School - Groups
              Image nop
                • Date Created: 1959
                • Description: Rice High School students seated in the gymnasium with two faculty members for a group photo.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Shelburne High School
                Image nop
                  • Date Created: undated
                  • Description: Undated here but dated 1943 elsewhere (see mcalB18F04i12): the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 5 girls and 1 boy. The school closed in 1964. Photo #2.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Stores - Federal Bake Shop (Burlington, VT)
                  Image nop
                    • Date Created: 1944
                    • Description: 11 Church Street. Store front of the Federal Bake Shop.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Portraits - Individuals
                    Image nop
                      • Date Created: 1940s
                      • Description: Mid 1940s interior view of a large high tin ceiling room with sewing machines, a large central table and patterns attached to the wall
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs