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

List

Gallery

Information

Showing 21 - 30 of 47 Records

Relevance Title (A-Z) Title (Z-A) Year (0-9) Year (9-0)
10 25 50 100
Active filters
Subject Topic Merge: Furniture.   Remove all  

47 still image
Miniature of Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Image nop
    • Date Created: 1940
    • Description: 1940s photo of a beautiful high style chest of drawers as seen in the living room photos of mcalB09F23i07 and i08. Is this Empire style?
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
    Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
    Image nop
      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 interior photo of a furnished bedroom with a fireplace.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
      Portraits, groups, unidentified
      Image nop
        • Description: Eight older women gather in a corner of a room for a group portrait. Room contains living room type furniture. Could this be a Bible study class?
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
        Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
        Image nop
          • Description: RCA Radiola exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing radios for the home. Embossed with McAllister's name lower right corner.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
          Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
          Image nop
            • Date Created: 1945
            • Description: 1945 photo of a bedroom with two twin size beds, a writing desk and bureaus.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Webb Estate - Trophy Room (Shelburne, VT) later in Shelburne Museum
            Webb Estate - Trophy Room (Shelburne, VT) later in Shelburne Museum
            Image nop
              • Description: View of the Webb estate trophy room with cooking hearth, mounted kitchen utensils, wall mounted stuffed wild animal heads, firearms, birds, skins, animal skin rugs, trestle table with benches and other comfortable sitting area furnishings.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
              Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
              Image nop
                • Description: Philco radio exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing radio sets for the home.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
                Portraits - Individuals
                Image nop
                  • Date Created: 1946-1947
                  • Description: Mid 1940s photo of an older man working on the legs of a piece of furniture (cabinet?). The room has remnants of wallpaper and appears now to be a workshop. See also mcalB16F17i08.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
                  Portraits - Individuals
                  Image nop
                    • Date Created: 1945-1946
                    • Description: 1940s portrait photo of an elderly woman not smiling seated in a room in an upholstered chair. Photo #6?
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits, children, unidentified
                    Portraits, children, unidentified
                    Image nop
                      • Description: Seven very young children are assembled on a living room couch for a group portrait. They each hold a toy and the little boy on the far left holds a real calico kitten. See also mcalA14F15i18 and mcalA14F15i20
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs