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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Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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- Description: Marine exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing motor boats and equipment. Nearby banner reads Vermont Structural Steel Corp. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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- Description: RCA Radiola exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing radios for the home. Embossed with McAllister's name lower right corner.
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Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo outside on the front steps. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo inside. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's
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- Description: Nuns of Mount St. Mary's assemble for a formal portrait. A crucifix hangs on the wall behind them and an altar is seen in front. Circa 1954-1957.
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Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: A little blonde girl stands on an upholstered hassock outside on the grass. She wears a mid-thigh length dress with a cloth sash belt, white socks and sneakers. This is the same child sitting on her mother's lap and her circus performer father. See mcalA09F09i09
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Oil Storage Tanks
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- Description: Undated photograph of a Queen City Transports tanker truck taken in front of oil storage tanks.
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Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: Two young children seated in an upholstered chair. The older child sits on the arm of the chair while the younger baby sits leaning in the corner of the chair against her older sister. The baby wears a crocheted sweater and matching booties.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Burlington High School Chorus as pictured in 1956 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 77. Mrs. Jean Pappoutsakis, choral director, center front row. Names of students also listed in the Oread. Photo #4.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Photo of six women graduates in graduation robes holding rolled diplomas. Two other ladies stand with them; one on each end. They all wear corsages and stand before a stage. Some of the ladies also appear with a larger group of women in mcalA15F07i06. Mount St. Mary's?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs