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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Vermont Industrial School Band [Vergennes]
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- Date Created: 1932-09-04
- Description: September 4, 1932. Vermont's Best Boys Band 1932. Vermont Industrial School Band, Vergennes, Vermont. Taken in front of the Graham Cottage. Photo #3.
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Vermont Structural Steel
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- Description: Interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building filled with machinery and supplies. 1951.
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Vermont Structural Steel
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- Description: Interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building filled with machinery and supplies. 1951?
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Vermont Structural Steel
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of a large industrial container truck of Vermont Structural Steel.
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Weddings
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- Description: A young bride poses in her wedding gown with baskets of flowers in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St Mary's Academy in Burlington, Vermont.
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Weddings
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- Description: A bride and groom stand close together ; his arm around her waist as they stand outside a church. The bride's veil has caught the wind and it flows outward. Photo #2.
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Weddings
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- Description: A young bride and groom pose in their wedding attire in front of a large American flag hung on the wall behind.
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Winooski Bridge (4X5's)
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- Description: November 26, 1928. New Winooski Bridge taken from corner of Barrett St. and Colchester Ave. Overhead trolley lines and trolley tracks in the pavement can be seen.
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Athletics, unidentified
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: Class of 1957 Cathedral High School cheer leading squad. Taken in the downstairs gymnasium. Left to Right: Mary Ploof, Irene Daigle, Marilyn Murray, Judy Myette, Ann Marie Murphy, Danielle Dole, Mary Ann Ramaccia, Mary Zola and Janet Bourdeau. Photo #33.
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Animals
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Photograph of a milk cow
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