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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First Congregational Church - Interior
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of the First Congregational Church sanctuary decorated for Easter. Lilies, tulips and other spring flowers adorn the pulpit area.
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Gardens
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 / 1947 garden along a hillside with paths leading up the slope to an arbor or trellis.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
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- Date Created: circa 1951
- Description: Ca. 1951 photo promoting the VFW poppy sale as a fundraising token. A boy presents a poppy to a local dignitary (Mayor Moran of Burlington?) as two veterans look on.
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First Congregational Church - Interior
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Easter tulips, lilies, palms and other spring flowers decorate the church sanctuary.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 portrait photo of a woman wearing a coat standing on a dirt path in a large formal flower garden with fountain. Same woman as in mcalB16F12i07, mcalB16F12i08, mcalB16F12i09.
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McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Formal three quarter length photo portrait of a mature woman in a short sleeved gown with a star brooch holding and admiring a bouquet of chrysanthemum flowers.
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