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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Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
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    • Date Created: 1957
    • Description: 1957 photo of large group of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty (seated, front row) and students, taken outside Pearsons Hall. Director Werner Neuse is seated 11th from the left. Photo 3.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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      • Description: Formal class photo at the private Catholic girls' school, Mount St. Mary's in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #21.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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        • Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble on the front steps of the school for a formal class photo. School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #6.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Interiors
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          • Description: Interior photo of what may be a receptionist desk located near an open door.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Events
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            • Description: View of the balcony and main floor of the Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Wooden slat folding chairs form rows of seating.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Events
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              • Description: Closeup photo of the performing orchestra on stage at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. The huge banner across the front of the state reads Happy Birthday. Two American flags are draped across the face of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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                • Description: Frigidaire kitchen appliances exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing refrigerators and freezers being sold by Strong Hardware of Burlington.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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                  • Description: Women's cosmetics (exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont?) showing a line of Daggett & Ramsdell beauty preparations. See also mcalA17F08i04 that looks to be the actual store window.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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                    • Description: Santa sits at the wheel of an automobile loaded with Christmas presents that is part of an exhibit at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. A sign invites all children to visit with Santa Claus. Undated but may be 1930s? Photo #2.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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                      • Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo outside on the front steps. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs