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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Hi-Y Clubs
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946/1946 photo of boys of the Hi-Y Club playing a game of pool.
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Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of Highway Bridge in Cambridge, Vermont located on Route 15 ; constructed by the Vermont Structural Steel Company
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Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of 209 lower Church Street, Burlington, Vt.
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Houses -Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of two unidentified buildings. One on the left has a flat roof. One on the right has a front porch, peaked roof and a small shed to the side with a car parked in the driveway.
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Houses -Identified
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 winter photo of the back corner of 47 N. Winooski Ave. showing long icicles hanging down in front of a window from the eaves above.
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Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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- 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?
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Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 summertime photo of a two story clapboard sided house with pitched roof. It has a small pediment front entry. Paneled shutters seen on windows. Large mature trees surround the house. Another large building seen in the background. Perhaps a barn. See also mcalA11F16i42
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses with Gardens - Unidentified
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- Description: A view of the mountain range in the distance from the vantage point of a garden in winter covered with snow. Dated 1950s.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 interior photo of a furnished bedroom with a fireplace.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Kamp Kill Kare
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- Description: Batter up! Boys hold baseball bats as if ready for a pitch at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs