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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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Two images of an infant ; one photo has mother holding the baby on the back of the couch while she stands behind. Dated 1944.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Two images of an infant seated in the corner of an upholstered couch or chair. Dated 1944.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Another pose of 1944 portrait photo of a little boy sitting on a long coffee table holding a stuffed teddy bear toy.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Two images of an infant girl with large bow in her hair seated in the corner of an upholstered couch. She wears a ring and a bracelet. In one image she holds a composition Mama-type baby doll that has a wide frilled bonnet.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Nazareth School - Graduates
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1956, with Rev. (Msgr.) Charles Marcoux. 1956 was the first year of Msgr. Marcoux's pastorate (1956-1970) at St. Joseph Parish.
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Nazareth School - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1958 (according to the parish history published in 1988) with Msgr. Charles Marcoux.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 photo of construction of New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. building at 266 Main Street, Burlington, Vt.
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 photo of construction of New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. at 266 Main Street, Burlington, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Oil Tank Construction
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: Summer 1937 photo of oil tank, pipe lines and large no smoking and no trespassing signs.
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Oil Tank Construction
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: July 21, 1950 photo of oil tank construction site.
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