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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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: A soldier and his bride pose outside a home for a wedding day portrait. Dated. 1945.
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 - A bride dressed in a gown and groom stand with family around the dining room table. The table is covered with a lace tablecloth and displays a homemade wedding cake.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: 1945 - A bride dressed in a gown and groom stand with members of the wedding party and other family in the living room of a home. See also mcalB22F07i04
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: 1945 - Bride in wedding gown and groom sit in chair on the lawn in front of a house with other members of the wedding party standing behind. She holds a bouquet of gladiolas and roses. Photo #4. See also mcalB22F05i07
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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            • Date Created: 1945
            • Description: 1945 - Bride in wedding gown with long tulle train, groom and other members of the wedding party stand outside on the lawn along with flower girl. See also mcalB22F07i10, mcalB22F07i12
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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              • Date Created: 1947
              • Description: 1947 - A bride dressed in wedding gown with long train and groom pose outside on the lawn in front of a clapboard sided building with a long porch. Photo #2.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                • Date Created: 1947
                • Description: 1947 bride and groom stand in the sanctuary of a church. First United Methodist Church, Burlington?
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                  • Date Created: 1945
                  • Description: 1945 wedding portrait of bride and groom.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 wedding portrait of wartime bride and groom standing outside in a landscaped garden. He is in military uniform; she in a wedding gown with long train.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                      • Date Created: 1956-08-25
                      • Description: August 25, 1956. Newly wed Betty Phillips and R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand outside the First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont with members of the wedding party; the bride's maids and best man.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs