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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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 family Christmas portrait with tree, sled, sand truck, doll. Same family as seen in mcalB14F06i06, mcalB15F03i19, mcalB15F04i08, mcalB15F04i09, mcalB15F04i10
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 indoor photo of four generations of a family, as seen in mcalB15F09i03. Elderly lady in the front row seems to be the matriarch, with the youngest being the twins next to her.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in front of a wood frame clapboard house. Three children kneel on a toboggan. Same family group also seen in mcalA09F12i34, mcalA15F02i30, i31, i32, i33, i35
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947. Interior photo of a large group of children with mothers and caregivers, very likely part of Trinity College's interest in early childhood education and early diagnosis of developmental disorders. Childrens Day? Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1948-1949
- Description: 1948 / 1949. Group of young children with their mothers or caregivers, very likely participants in Trinity College's early childhood education program. Photo taken in front of the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Childrens Day? Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in a field in front of a large evergreen tree. See same family group in mcalA09F12i34 and mcalA15F02i31, i32, i33, i34, i35
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: A Christmas family portrait with mother, father and four children. Gifts seen beneath the tree and behind. The oldest girl proudly holds up her hard plastic bride doll in wedding gown and veil.
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: An older man and woman pose along with two other women and a man for a portrait photo outside 270 Pearl Street in Burlington, Vermont that has an enclosed porch. The man to the far right who wears a three piece suit and tie may be long time Burlington resident, Frederick A. Deyette. He is listed in the Burlington City Directory as residing at No. 270 from 1908 to 1946 or 1947. A wooden sign reading "Tourists" is seen at the corner of the building. See also mcalA15F01i07, mcalA15F02i23
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: An older man and woman along with a younger woman who sits in a chair pose for a portrait photo outside 270 Pearl Street in Burlington, Vermont that has an enclosed porch. Behind the man is a wooden sign reading "Tourists" at the corner of the building. See also mcalA15F01i07, mcalA15F02i20
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camps - Summer
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- Date Created: 1946/1947
- Description: 1946/1947 photo of 2 women, a young boy and a man (perhaps a family?) sitting in Adirondack style chairs outside on the lawn. See mcalB14F21i08 Camps - Summer for same location and chairs but with different family.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs