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: 1953
    • Description: 1953 portrait photo taken indoors of a family; perhaps a mother, father, their grown children or in-laws. One woman holds an infant.
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      • Date Created: circa 1956
      • Description: Ca. 1956 outdoor photo of an elderly couple, seen also in mcalB14F24i30 (very likely the parents in this photo).
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        • Date Created: undated
        • Description: An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in front of a wood frame clapboard house. Three children kneel on a toboggan. Same family group also seen in mcalA09F12i34, mcalA15F02i30, i31, i32, i33, i35. Duplicate image of mcalA15F02i31
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          • Date Created: undated
          • Description: Indoor photo of the family seen in mcalB14F20i03, dated 1945: parents and three adult children, two of whom are in uniform.
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            • Date Created: undated
            • Description: Members of McAllister's family (including Joanne Raymond, McAllister's grandniece) with collie and chihuahua dogs. Most likely taken at McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Undated but may be 1950s. See mcalA12F12i03, mcalB10F15i03, mcalB10F15i04 for same family members.
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              • Date Created: undated
              • Description: A man, his wife and two children stand outside their house. The same man appears in mcalA09F12i44 holding a carved wooden chain. He is missing his left hand. Duplicate image of mcalA15F02i12
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                • Date Created: 1945
                • Description: 1945 photo of two young boys (brothers?) seated in a living room on a hassock in front of a Christmas tree.
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                  • Date Created: 1949
                  • Description: 1949 photo of three young children seated on the floor of a living room in front of a Christmas tree. Presents include a bike, two toy trains, various stuffed animals, a toy cash register and a toy metal backhoe digging machine.
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                    • Date Created: 1957-1958
                    • Description: 1957 / 1958 portrait photo of four children seated on a sofa next to the family Christmas tree.
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                      • Date Created: 1947
                      • Description: Dated earlier as 1944 (see mcalB14F16i070), this indoor Christmas photo shows possibly five generations of women in the family.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs