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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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: 1945 outdoor photo of family, with father and sons (two in uniform) in the back row; mother and daughters in front.
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    Miniature of Portraits - Family
    Portraits - Family
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      • Date Created: 1944
      • Description: 1944 indoor photo of mother with child and other family members, as seen in mcalB14F16i04.
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      Miniature of Portraits - Family
      Portraits - Family
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: 1945 indoor photo of parents and their son in the Navy, from the family seen in mcalB14F18i09.
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        Miniature of Portraits - Family
        Portraits - Family
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: 1945 outdoor photo of couple with child (as seen in mcalB14F14i07) and an elderly lady, very likely the child's grandmother. Number 34 seen on the side of the house.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits - Family
          Portraits - Family
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            • Date Created: 1945
            • Description: 1945 indoor photo of two service men (standing), their parents and sisters.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Portraits - Family
            Portraits - Family
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              • Date Created: 1945
              • Description: 1945 outdoor photo of parents (front) and grown children, as seen in mcalB14F18i07.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
              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
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
                Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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                  • Date Created: 1946
                  • Description: 1946 photo of fathers and sons at Camp Abnaki.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits - Family
                  Portraits - Family
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 indoor photo taken at Christmas of a mother holding her child while her son looks ahead with amazement.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
                    Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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                      • Description: 1946 group photo of parents and young campers gathered on the porch of one of the main buildings at Camp Abnaki. Photo #7.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs