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 - Children
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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: 1945 portrait photo of a one year old girl seated in an upholstered child's chair next to a table with a birthday cake. One candle is on the cake. Two dolls and a toy stuffed elephant stand on the floor near the table.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Girl Scouts
    Girl Scouts
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      • Description: Four Girl Scouts, in uniform, and matron cutting layer cake which has written on it: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts. Photo #1.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Champlain Transportation Company, Anniversary Cake
      Champlain Transportation Company, Anniversary Cake
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        • Description: A decorator cake with a ferry atop has the dates 1826 - 1956 around the side.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Weddings
        Weddings
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          • Date Created: 1947
          • Description: 1947 Bride and groom cut their wedding cake with wedding guests and priest looking on.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Weddings
          Weddings
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            • Date Created: 1951-1952
            • Description: 1951 or 1952 photo of a bride and groom at their reception holding pieces of their wedding cake with members of the party looking on.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Weddings
            Weddings
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              • Date Created: 1947
              • Description: 1947 bride and groom cut their wedding cake.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Weddings
              Weddings
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                • Date Created: 1947
                • Description: 1947 bride and groom cut their wedding cake at the reception. Guests seated at a long table look on.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's Convent
                Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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                  • Date Created: 1955
                  • Description: 1955 photo of a Sister of Mercy frosting a cake in a large kitchen at Mount St. Mary's Convent.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits - Children (Parties)
                  Portraits - Children (Parties)
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 birthday party for a young child seated at the table decorated with cake and individual cupcakes for each of the guests. Photo 3. See also mcalB14F12i02.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Children (Parties)
                    Portraits - Children (Parties)
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                      • Date Created: 1945
                      • Description: A mom and dad pose with their two year old child celebrating her second birthday. 1945.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs