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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Machinery
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    • Date Created: 1935
    • Description: 1935 view of the interior of an office / work room. A man sits at what looks to be a roll top desk.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Houses -Unidentified
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      • Description: 26 Robinson Parkway, Burlington. 1930s photo of a two story clapboard house in winter. It has a gambrel shaped roof with chimney at end. Short heavy doric style columns seen supporting an overhanging side porch roof.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Houses -Unidentified
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: 1945 photo of wooden steps leading to a porch. Pilaster is still missing from the right side of the door showing lighter colored bricks where it used to be.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Houses -Unidentified
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          • Description: 83 Loomis Street, Burlington.1945 front view photo of a two story clapboard home with a third story dormer, full length front porch, a driveway and small garage seen in back.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Houses -Identified
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            • Description: Undated photo of 27 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Houses -Identified
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              • Description: Undated photo of 27 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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                • Date Created: circa 1950's
                • Description: 1950s photo of a barn with a two door garage next to it. A stone facade building seen to the far left.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Graham School, Burlington, VT
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                  • Date Created: 1951
                  • Description: Winter 1951 photo of members of the Graham School.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
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                    • Date Created: 1951
                    • Description: 1951 photo of Highway Bridge in Cambridge, Vermont located on Route 15 ; constructed by the Vermont Structural Steel Company
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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                      • Date Created: circa 1950's
                      • Description: 1950s photo of house at 57 North Winooski Ave, Burlington at the corner of Grant Street. Next door to McAllister's home.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs