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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Miniature of Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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    • Description: An interior view of a living room area perhaps in a camp, cottage or hunting lodge. Overstuffed chairs and other comfortable furniture furnish the room. Many animal heads (some foxes?) are hung on the walls. Rifles are mounted overhead.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Interiors (Unidentified)
    Interiors (Unidentified)
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      • Description: Trinity College dining hall (cafeteria) with tables and chairs arranged in dining style. Overhead lighting fixtures have a futuristic look to them. Undated but may be 1950s. McAuley Hall? Photo #?
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
      Portraits, families, unidentified
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        • Description: A multi generation family gather around the sofa in a well furnished home for a portrait. See the same family also in mcalA15F03i04
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
        Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: Office interior, with heavy wooden furniture, typewriter, phone, linoleum floor, large radiator, etc. Business unknown.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
          Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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            • Date Created: 1953
            • Description: Restaurant interior. Booths with Wall-O-Matic jukeboxes.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
            Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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              • Date Created: 1945
              • Description: Office interior. Five women working in well-lighted, spacious office (business and location unknown).
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of UVM Fleming Museum
              UVM Fleming Museum
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                • Description: Interior of the current Wilbur Room of the Fleming Museum, with a portrait of James Wilbur (1856-1929) above the fireplace. In effect the library of the museum, the room has bookcases and furniture suitable for leisurely reading, conversation, study, and meetings. The names of three prominent figures in Vermont history appear on the east, south, and west vaults of the ceiling. They are: Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), Ira Allen (1751-1814), and Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797; not visible in this photo).
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of House Furnishings
                House Furnishings
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                  • Description: Photo of an overstuffed upholstered chair in a brocade fabric and wooden ball shaped front feet.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
                  Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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                    • Date Created: 1944
                    • Description: Blanket and drapery store, perhaps the one in mcalB18F29i01.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
                    Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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                      • Date Created: circa 1940s
                      • Description: 1940s photo of a bedroom with a twin size bed, other furnishings including a small writing desk placed against a door and braided area rugs on the floor.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs