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, groups, unidentified
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    • Description: A large group of men and women assemble for a photo portrait. Some of the men wear large round badges on their suit jackets. See also mcalA15F04i04
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    Portraits, groups, unidentified
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      • Description: A large group of men all dressed in suits and ties and two women pose near a curtained stage for a group photo.
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      Portraits, groups, unidentified
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        • Description: Four women and one man in choir robes holding music for Handel's Messiah. Photo #6.
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        Portraits, groups, unidentified
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          • Description: Church children's choir of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont. Undated.
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          Portraits, groups, unidentified
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            • Description: A high school art class is in progress. Uniformed (Catholic?) female students shown working on their paintings; some are at their easels, others sit at a long wooden table. Their instructor looks on. Two paintings have a religious theme; one is a Madonna and Child and another is of the Last Supper.
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            Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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              • Description: Photo of a mature man in a white uniform and cap with an insignia on it. See also mcalA16F01i23. Same unknown location as mcalA16F01i13
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              Portraits, Religious Sisters [Nuns], Unidentified
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                • Description: Photo of six nuns outside near an arbor or trellis. They may be associated with Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont. See mcalA16F02i07 for the same group of nuns.
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                Road Construction
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                  • Date Created: 1931-08-28
                  • Description: August 28, 1931. View of a Burlington residential street under construction. Members of the road crew of the Burlington Street Dept work along side a cement mixer. Piles of bags of Lone Star are seen lined all along the work site.
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                  Sewer Projects
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                    • Date Created: 1933-02-02
                    • Description: February 2, 1933. Crew members work in dug out area with high dirt embankments surrounding them on three sides at this sewer project site. A chute can be seen at the top of the photo in which the men help manipulate material.
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                    Sewer Tile Construction Plant
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                      • Date Created: 1937-03-04
                      • Description: March 4, 1937. View of a sewer pipe construction plant. Pipes were once made of clay or concrete tiles formed around a hollow core. Could this be the Justis Vault Co. on Riverside Ave, Burlington?
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