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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Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of Highway Bridge in Cambridge, Vermont located on Route 15 ; constructed by the Vermont Structural Steel Company
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Hi-Y Clubs
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- Description: Grammar boys' basketball team of the Burlington Hi-Y Club 1945. Photo #2.
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Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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- Date Created: 1940
- Description: 1940s winter time photo of corner of the McAllister House; 47 North Winooski Avenue. Built in 1889, the house was photographer Louis L. McAllister's residence from 1916 until his death in 1963.
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Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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- Date Created: 1940
- Description: 1940s photo of the McAllister House; 47 North Winooski Avenue. Built in 1889, the house was photographer Louis L. McAllister's residence from 1916 until his death in 1963.
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Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of Highway Bridge in Cambridge, Vermont located on Route 15 ; constructed by the Vermont Structural Steel Company. Photo #32.
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Houses -Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of home on North Street, Burlington, Vt.
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Houses -Identified
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951-1952 side view photo of a three story stone facade building. Malletts Bay Camp.
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Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of a bedroom with two twin size beds, a writing desk and bureaus.
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Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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- Description: A countryside home is seen along a dirt road. A two door garage is nearby with a parked car.
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Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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- Description: Winter view of a building's foundation covered with snow. Rubble and a pile of wood pieces lay in the center.
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