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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Farms - Barns
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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: 1945 photo of two weathered barns near a body of water. One barn has shingle siding, the other clapboards.
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    Farms - Barns
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 photo of a very long weathered barn with a patched roof near a narrow dirt road.
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      Farms - Livestock
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        • Description: Undated farm scene photo with dairy cows in a pasture and farm buildings in background.
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        Farms - Livestock
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: 1945 photo of farm chickens feeding outside their coops. Photo #7.
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          Farms - Livestock
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            • Date Created: 1944
            • Description: 1944 farm scene with dairy cows in a pasture.
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            First Congregational Church
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              • Description: Interior view of a room in the First Congregational Church, So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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              Farms - Livestock
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                • Date Created: 1944
                • Description: 1944 photo of farm chickens feeding outside their coop.
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                Congregational Church - Choirs
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                  • Date Created: 1952
                  • Description: 1952 of choir assembled in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church.
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                  First Methodist Church
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                    • Description: Group portrait of the Children's choir in their robes in the First Methodist Church, So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Photo #3.
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                    First Congregational Church - Organizations
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                      • Description: Rev. George W. Lawrence (seated center right) meeting in the church's Stone Room with women's prayer circle. Third from left is Eleanor Richards, The three ladies on the right are Myrna Phelps, Peggy Bristol, and Mary McClellan. All enjoy refreshments. A portrait painting of Rev. Charles Stanley Jones hangs on the wall. Photo #18.
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