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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145 Burlington (Vt.). 132 Buildings. 113 Architectural photography. 63 Housing. 61 Portrait photography. 60 Street photography. 41 Family. 41 Interior architecture. 31 Construction projects. 29 House furnishings. 27 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 27 Women. 25 University of Vermont. 24 Children. 19 Men. 18 Brides. 17 Bridegrooms. 16 College students. 16 Greek letter societies. 15 Young women. 13 Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.). 13 Weddings. 11 Shelburne (Vt.). 10 Animals. 10 Marriage. 9 Business. 9 Landscape photography. 8 Girls. 7 Furniture. 6 Automobiles. 6 Cake. 6 Museums. 6 Street signs. 5 Christmas greens. 5 Colchester (Vt.). 5 Dolls. 5 Soldiers. 5 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Boys. 4 First communion. 4 Shelburne Museum. 4 Toys. 3 Chairs. 3 Reunions. 2 Circus performers. 2 Construction workers. 2 Flowers. 2 Infants. 2 Mobile homes. 2 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Young men. 1 Banners. 1 Billboards. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Church buildings. 1 Costume. 1 Employees. 1 Factories. 1 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 1 Gardens. 1 High school students. 1 Hospitals. 1 Hotels. 1 Machinery. 1 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 1 Rifles. 1 Robert Hull Fleming Museum. 1 Service stations. 1 Snowplows. 1 Tractors. 1 Trucks. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 1 Winooski (Vt.). 1 Women veterans. 1 Woodwork.

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Miniature of Portraits - Family
Portraits - Family
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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: 1945 outdoor photo of family seen in mcalB14F18i07: 2 parents, 3 adult children. Photo #3
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of UVM Sororities - Kappa Alpha Theta
    UVM Sororities - Kappa Alpha Theta
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      • Description: Sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta, relaxing in the library of their chapter house at 215 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt. (The house was built in 1900 for lawyer Charles T. Barney and later owned by the Catholic diocese as a residence for Bishop Joseph J. Rice.) Kappa Alpha Theta was the first sorority to have a chapter at UVM (1881).
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Weddings
      Weddings
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        • Date Created: 1944
        • Description: 1944 wedding portrait of bride, groom, Bride's maid (or Matron of Honor) and best man. They stand in a living room of a home. Fireplace seen behind and to the left.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of UVM - Housing (Temporary)
        UVM - Housing (Temporary)
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          • Description: This is located in the field between University Row and what would later be the "shoebox" dormitories--Chittenden-Buckham-Wills. Apparently, the postwar rise in enrollment called for pre-fab temporary housing. Dated 1947.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
          Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
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            • Description: Photo of a house with an enclosed upper story porch. Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT. See also mcalA11F16i12
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Houses -Unidentified
            Houses -Unidentified
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              • Description: 26 Robinson Parkway, Burlington. 1930s photo of a two story clapboard house in winter. It has a gambrel shaped roof with chimney at end. Short heavy doric style columns seen supporting an overhanging side porch roof.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Houses -Identified
              Houses -Identified
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                • Description: Undated photo of 27 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Houses -Identified
                Houses -Identified
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                  • Description: Undated photo of 27 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
                  Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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                    • Date Created: circa 1950's
                    • Description: 1950s photo of house at 57 North Winooski Ave, Burlington at the corner of Grant Street. Next door to McAllister's home.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
                    Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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                      • Description: The McAllister House; 47 North Winooski Avenue. Built in 1889, the house was photographer Louis L. McAllister's residence from 1916 until his death in 1963.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs