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.
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Salvation Army
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Undated family portrait of two Salvation Army members with their children.
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Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: Four young children pose for a group portrait. Two girls stand, a younger girl in on a wooden rocking horse and a young boy is seated in a child's rocking chair. Photo #2. See also mcalA14F15i16
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: An outdoor family photo of an older couple with their grown children. The women wear single flower corsages. See also mcalA15F03i13, i14 and mcalA15F08i26
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: An older woman and older man pose with two young boys. The boys wear toy cowboy holsters and toy pistols. Location looks to be in a corner of a convenience store or shop.
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: A family of four pose for a group photo. The woman wears a formal gown with short jacket and rose corsage. The man wears a suit with carnation and the two young girls wear matching dresses.
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: A man and woman sit in front of a Christmas tree in their home with a young boy and girl. Christmas gifts are displayed behind them. They include a doll's baby carriage, snow shovels, an archery set and more. The girl holds a doll.
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: A group portrait of men, women and several young children and an infant. Two sets of young girls are in matching outfits. See also the same setting mcalA15F02i25 with what appears to be a wedding anniversary party with guests of honor standing in the center.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1949-1950
- Description: 1949 - 1950 portrait photo of three children (an infant, a sister and a brother) in a living room with Christmas tree. The boy sits on a bicycle with training wheels, the girl stands in a metal children's wagon, the infant is resting in an upholstered child's rocking chair. Other presents are displayed and include a toy train with tracks, a cowboy outfit, fire extension ladder truck, a baby doll, coffee pot and toaster. Mom's smiling face is reflected in the mirror above the fireplace.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of two young boys in front of a Christmas tree surrounded by Christmas toys. Younger boy is seated on a rocking horse. His older brother stands beside him.
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Portraits - Children (Parties)
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 portrait photo of a large family gathering in honor of a birthday.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs