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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Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: Two story house with gambrel roof. Simple portico entry with Doric columns and pediment above. Sidelights by the front door. Four slat ladder like structures decorate the front of the house at the left corner, each side of the front door and on the right corner. A covered extension (porch?) is seen to the far right. No. 30 appears above the doorway.
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McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Formal portrait of an older man sporting a mutton chops style beard. Could this be Louis McAllister's father?
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McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Photo of a large solid colored long haired sporting type dog seated in an open field.
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McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Collage of six small photos grouped together showing a man and a young girl. A father with his young daughter? Nephew of L. L. McAllister?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951-08-10
- Description: August 10, 1951. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
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Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951-01-10
- Description: January 10, 1951. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc. Five and six stories continue to rise above the landscape.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester
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- Description: Portrait of mounted military man.
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Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester
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- Description: Portrait of soldiers at Fort Ethan Allen. There are three flags: 206 MED, 206 A; the center flag, only S is readable.
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Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester
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- Description: Portrait of ten mounted individuals, eight women and two men lined up in front of a brick building. The brick building behind the equestrian group is today the Elley-Long concert hall--it was an indoor cavalry drill hall at the time McAllister took the photograph (ca. 1925).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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- Date Created: 1934-08
- Description: Cavalry Reserve Officers Artillery Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. August 1934. Military men walking away from tented area. Photo #6.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs