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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Cathedral High School - Rifle Club
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    • Description: A photograph of the Cathedral High School Rifle Club that is dated 1956.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Christ the King School - First Communion
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      • Description: Christ the King School - First Communion 1948/1949 with children assembled outside with one alter boy holding up a religious banner. Photo #3.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Christ the King School - First Communion
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        • Description: Children with church clergy are assembled inside for a formal first communion group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #3 of 3 in this folder. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA09F05i22 and 33.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Christ the King School - Graduation
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          • Date Created: 1959
          • Description: Christ the King School - Graduation 1959. Photo #2
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Church Groups - Unidentified
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            • Date Created: 1951
            • Description: 1951 photo of a church choir at Christmas time. Ornate organ pipes seen to the far right. Photo #4.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Art - Painting by Grace A. Webb
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              • Description: 1944 or 1945 photo of a framed watercolor painting by Grace Webb (signed) showing a stream winding through a winter landscape.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Animals (Domestic)
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                • Description: Photo of a collie dog standing on a snow bank. May be family pet of the McAllisters and may have been taken at his home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vermont. Date may be 1957 - 1958.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Art - Painting by Grace A. Webb
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                  • Description: 1944 or 1945 watercolor painting signed Grace Webb. Shows a still life grouping.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Automobiles
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                    • Date Created: 1935/1936
                    • Description: Photo of a 1935/36 Lincoln Zephyr automobile as seen in a dealership show room. It is a four door with the vee'd grill and white wall tires.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Automobiles - Sales and Service (D-G)
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                      • Date Created: 1952
                      • Description: Summer 1952. C.A. Congdon Construction. Tearing down of the Church of the Nazarene. Church was torn down so that construction of a new Gulf service gas can be built here.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs