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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First Congregational Church - Services
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: Palm Sunday, 1949 in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church on So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. The Rev. Charles Stanley Jones stands center aisle. View taken from the pulpit. Children's choir sits to the right.
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Flowers, Pots
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- Date Created: circa 1940s
- Description: 1940s photo of two vases with ornamental handles in the shape of a head wearing a helmet.
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Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 photo of the movie theatre at Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
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Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Spring, Summer Cadet Nurses at Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT) Photo #2.
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Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
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- Date Created: 1935-1936
- Description: 1935/1936 Fall-Spring building construction at Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT) See also mcalB08F31i06
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Landscapes - Unidentified
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- Date Created: circa 1940s
- Description: 1940s photo of the back side of a billboard along with abandoned cars, what looks like a clothes line and a small shed (looks like a dog house).
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Landscapes - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered dirt road.
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Lyman C. Hunt Junior High
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 group portrait of students at the Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School, Burlington, Vt. Photo #2.
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Machinery
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- Date Created: circa 1930's
- Description: 1930s photo of the interior of a machine room.
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Machinery
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: Dated 1945. Interior view of a machine, tool, repair room. Calendar on the wall reads Vermont Transit Lines October 1945.
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