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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Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: 1945 photo of what appears to be an interview among two men. Younger man, perhaps discharged service man, applying for a job? Wall displays Rotary Club certificate.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
    Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: Office interior, with heavy wooden furniture, typewriter, phone, linoleum floor, large radiator, etc. Business unknown.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
      Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: Office interior. Five women working in well-lighted, spacious office (business and location unknown).
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Trinity College - Graduation
        Trinity College - Graduation
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          • Date Created: 1944
          • Description: 1944 group of Trinity College graduates in academic gowns. Office is very likely in the Administration Building (Mann Hall).
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
          Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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            • Description: 1950s photo taken in a business office of an older and younger man. Probably taken for a high school yearbook. Names and location unknown.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Offices
            Offices
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              • Description: Photo of a check for $1400 paid to Emily C. Zeno on December 13, 1927.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
              Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                • Date Created: 1949-1950
                • Description: Five women in an office (filing cabinets and covered typewriter) seated at a metal desk.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
                Portraits - Individuals
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                  • Date Created: 1951-1952
                  • Description: A woman sits at a desk in an office. Figurines of the Eight Chinese Immortals sit on her desk along with two library books on pottery and stage costume for the theater.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Winooski High School - Class Pictures
                  Winooski High School - Class Pictures
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                    • Date Created: 1952-10
                    • Description: Oct. 1952 photo of a student and the school guidance counselor, who is pointing at a pamphlet titled "Engineering As A Career." This may have been taken for the school yearbook, along with the other class photos.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
                    Portraits - Individuals
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                      • Date Created: 1944
                      • Description: 1944 photo of 3 photos showing individuals seated in their office or living room. Writing on photo with man sitting at roll top desk reads, "What are you going to do me for". In another photo one older woman holds a doll in her lap.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs