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.
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Trinity College - Nurses
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 graduating class of Nursing students in front of the Bishop De Goesbriand Hospital, near Trinity College. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - College of Medicine
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of 5 graduates of the College of Medicine, in front of what is now the Psychology Dept. in John Dewey Hall.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Weddings
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 wedding portrait of wartime bride and groom with members of the wedding party. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Weddings
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 portrait of a wartime bride and groom standing in the corner of a living room of a home. She wears a wedding gown and corsage. He is in military uniform. They do not wear their eye glasses in this image. Photo 2. See also mcalB22F06i05
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Weddings
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- Description: A newly wed couple cut their wedding cake set out on a dining table in a home. Wedding guests and family gather around to watch. Crepe paper streamers decorated the room. See same bride and groom in mcalB22F06i05
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Weddings
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 - Bride in wedding gown with long tulle train and groom stand outside on the lawn. See also mcalB22F07i10, mcalB22F07i12, mcalB22F07i13
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of a large warehouse owned by Vt. Structural Steel. It is mud season.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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- Date Created: circa 1951
- Description: Ca. 1951 photo of a warehouse at Vt. Structural Steel, with large piles of beams and J-shaped rods, very likely for reinforcing concrete.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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- Date Created: circa 1951
- Description: Ca. 1951 photo of a cone-shaped structure designed at Vt. Structural Steel. Purpose of the object is unknown.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Wakes
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 wake, with open casket, flowers, condolence cards, and a kneeler for prayer.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs