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: 1949-1950
- Description: 1949 or 1950 portrait photo of mother and her five children. Photo #3.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 portrait photo of a mother and her baby boy seated in front of Christmas tree. A child's quilt is spread on the floor next to them. See also mcalB14F05i11 and mcalB15F03i19
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 family portrait photo gathered in front of the Christmas tree with presents of bedroom lamps, toys. Same family as seen in mcalB14F06i06, mcalB15F03i19, mcalB15F04i08 and mcalB15F04i09
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1951-1952
- Description: 1951 or 1952 family portrait photo of a husband and wife with their three sons and one daughter gathered in an elegantly furnished living room.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1957-1958
- Description: 1957 or 1958 family portrait photo taken in their home with Christmas tree. Four young children and family dog. Upright piano to the left.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: A winter outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man, woman with eight children and family dog 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
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man, woman with eight children and family dog 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
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L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
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- Date Created: 1930
- Description: 1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister seen back row, far right. Two family dogs included; a chihuahua and a collie. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
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- Date Created: 1930
- Description: 1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister absent from this exposure. His grandniece, Joanne Raymond is in front row right holding the colllie. Joanne's mother is front row left. Two family dogs included. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of three children in front of their Christmas tree surrounded by gifts the family received. The two boys wear cowboy outfits. Their younger sister seats between them. See another image of same children mcalB14F06i05
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs