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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Offices
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    • Description: Undated photograph, probably late 1950's or early 1960's, of a Burlington waiting room or company lounge area.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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      • Date Created: 1955
      • Description: 1955 photo of a teenager (student?) seated with a nun at a desk in an office.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Vermont Structural Steel
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        • Description: Office of Vermont Structural Steel with engineers working at drafting tables. 1951.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Portraits - Individuals
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          • Date Created: 1951-1952
          • Description: A woman sits at a desk in an office. Figurines of the Eight Chinese Immortals sit on her desk along with two library books on pottery and stage costume for the theater. Dated 1951 / 1952.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Offices
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            • Description: Undated photograph of a Burlington office interior. Original caption reads: Calendar on the wall reads Elias Lyman. Could this be the office of the Elias Lyman Oil Co., Inc. located in So. Burlington, Vermont? Undated but could be 1930s or 1940s.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
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              • Date Created: 1947
              • Description: 1947 Interior photo of parts department of Nash Motors. Royer Motor Co. 173 St. Paul, Burlington, Vt. Photo #5.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Camp Abnaki - Miscellaneous
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                • Description: July 1944 Interior photo of one of the buildings at Camp Abnaki. Perhaps an office as three men sit at a table with various papers; two of the men with typewriters. Photo #35.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Veterans of Foreign Wars
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                  • Date Created: circa 1951
                  • Description: Ca. 1951 photo (overexposed sequel of mcalB21F11i03) promoting the VFW poppy sale as a fundraising token. A boy presents a poppy to a local dignitary (Mayor Moran of Burlington?) as two veterans look on.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                    • Date Created: undated
                    • Description: Five women; one seated at a desk pose for a group portrait in a business office. On the wall is a framed paper with word "UNESCO" and a poster reading "The Wheel of Good Eating." Undated. Photo 2.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                      • Date Created: 1946-1947
                      • Description: Ca. 1946 photo of 5 women seated at a table, in an office or library, having a discussion. Identity of women, location, and occasion are unknown.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs