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: 1945 outdoor photo of at least three family generations, including one service man and a retired Navy man (holding young girl; Joanne Raymond, grandniece?). Taken at McAllister's home in his driveway. Present is his nephew and his wife.
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 outdoor photo of family seen in mcalB14F18i07: 2 parents, 3 adult children. Photo #3
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      Miniature of Portraits - Family
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: 1945 indoor photo of a woman holding a young girl.
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        Miniature of Portraits - Family
        Portraits - Family
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: A family gathered in their living room at Christmas (evergreens on the fireplace mantel and tree to far right). An older man and woman sit on a sofa with their daughter (?) and three grown sons(?) standing behind, each in the military. Photo #8. Dated 1945.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits - Family
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            • Date Created: 1946-1947
            • Description: Ca. 1946 indoor photo of a large group of adults, perhaps three family generations, gathered for a reunion or other occasion.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
            Trinity College - Groups
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              • Date Created: 1956-1957
              • Description: 1956 / 1957 Outdoor photo on the steps of Mann Hall. Group of young children with their mothers or caregivers (and perhaps one father), very likely participants in Trinity College's early childhood education program. Childrens Day?
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits - Children
              Portraits - Children
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                • Date Created: undated
                • Description: Four children pose by their Christmas tree in the living room of their home. The two younger children sit in chairs. Their older brother stands in the back next to his older sister. Wooden skis and two large teddy bears seen. Same family as seen in mcalA14F15i19 and in mcalB14F10i03.
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                Miniature of Portraits - Family
                Portraits - Family
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                  • Date Created: 1941
                  • Description: 1941 outdoor photo of a serviceman, a mother, and her little boy. See same family in mcalB14F18i13.
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                  Miniature of Portraits - Family
                  Portraits - Family
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                    • Date Created: 1944
                    • Description: 1944 indoor photo at Christmas of elderly lady (grandmother or even great-grandmother) seen in mcalB14F16i07 and two children. US Air Force hanging on right wall may indicate the armed service of one or more men in the family.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Family
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                      • Date Created: circa 1946
                      • Description: Ca. 1946 indoor photo of the family in mcalB14F25i12, now gathered around the Christmas tree. The mother of the boy is very likely the daughter-in-law of the couple on the right.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs