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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Farms - Haying
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- Description: Undated photo of a farmhand riding horse driven hay cutting machinery.
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Farms - Livestock
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 photo of a horse.
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First Church of Christ - Scientists
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- Date Created: 1946-1947
- Description: 1946/1947 photo of the Christian Science Church on South Union Street in Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
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- Description: 1952 Six BHS cheerleaders pose outside on the steps of the high school building (Edmunds). Photo #7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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- Description: Undated photo of interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
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- Description: Photo of a house with an enclosed upper story porch. Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT. See also mcalA11F16i12
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Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 Construction of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim Mead & White. Builders Vermilya-Brown Co., Inc.
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Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 snowy view of the construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Staff
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 group portrait of the Mary Fletcher Hospital Lab Aids staff outside on the steps. Overhead on the building can be seen the words "Mary Fletcher Hospital" Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs