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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Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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    • Date Created: 1956-1957
    • Description: Mid 1950s outdoor portrait photo of a group of children and adults. Family celebration or reunion?
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of May Crowning
    May Crowning
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      • Date Created: 1948-1949
      • Description: 1948/1949 photo of young girls standing with several women and a priest as part of May Crowning, a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May whereby an image or likeness of the Blessed Virgin is ceremonially crowned recognizing her as Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God. This may be Mother's Day.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits - Children
      Portraits - Children
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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.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits - Children
        Portraits - Children
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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.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits - Children
          Portraits - Children
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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.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Portraits - Family
            Portraits - Family
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              • Date Created: 1945
              • Description: 1945 indoor photo of five brothers and their parents (see also mcalB14F15i10). Wooden dog marionette hangs from a wall sconce to the left.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits - Family
              Portraits - Family
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                • Date Created: 1945
                • Description: 1945 indoor photo of an elderly couple, perhaps on the occasion of a milestone wedding anniversary seated on a velvet upholstered sofa.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Portraits - Family
                Portraits - Family
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                  • Date Created: 1945
                  • Description: 1945 indoor photo taken at Christmas of mother holding her youngest child and the other two sitting in their chairs.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits - Family
                  Portraits - Family
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                    • Date Created: circa 1945
                    • Description: Ca. 1945 indoor photo of parents and four children, seen also in mcalB14F25i02.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Family
                    Portraits - Family
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                      • Date Created: circa 1945
                      • Description: Ca. 1945 indoor photo of mother, two sons, and 3 daughters, including twins.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs