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: 1952
    • Description: 1952 group portrait of men and women gathered around several dining tables in a rustic restaurant or other public or commercial space.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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      • Date Created: 1951-1952
      • Description: 1951 or 1952 photo of men and women seated in a rustic restaurant with knotty pine walls. In the far right corner of the photo is seen the tips of branches of a Christmas tree decorated with tinsel.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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        • Date Created: 1953
        • Description: 1953 indoor group portrait photo of men and women in a restaurant. Captains' chairs seen in foreground. Photo #2.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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          • Date Created: 1944
          • Description: 1944 photo of a large group of young men and women, perhaps college age, in a dining room. Location, occasion unknown.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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            • Date Created: undated
            • Description: Large group of young people and some adults in a restaurant, perhaps students and teachers. Location, occasion, date unknown.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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              • Date Created: 1947-1948
              • Description: Ca. 1947 photo of a restaurant scene, with an elderly foursome (right) offering a toast (milestone anniversary?).
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                • Date Created: 1949
                • Description: 1949 photo of a group of well dressed ladies sitting at dining tables in a popular restaurant with a rustic interior. They seemed to be enjoying dessert. The room is paneled in knotty pine, wooden log chandelier with horns and hard wood floors. A white upright piano to the far right. Photo #3.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                  • Date Created: 1957-1958
                  • Description: 1957/ 1958. This rustic wooden paneled room (perhaps a restaurant) is where a group of men and women gather for a group portrait. Burlington residents, Bob and Bea Earnshaw in second row seated left side. . Photo #3. See also mcalA15F05i12, i13 and mcalA15F08i01, mcalA15F05i11
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                    • Date Created: 1959
                    • Description: 1959 photo of men and women gathered in a room with knotty pine wall paneling. Identified in front row, right side Bea and Bob Earnshaw, Burlington residents. He was employed by the Burlington Rendering Company. Photo #2.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                    Black Cat Cafe
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                      • Date Created: 1935-1937
                      • Description: 1935/37 Black Cat Cafe & Sea Grill at 160 Bank St, Burlington, Vermont. Interior photo of an upper room used for banquets and larger gatherings. A small raised stage is seen at the far end with a band assembled there. Photo #3. The restaurant burned in the 1970s along with the rest of the block.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs