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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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of same children seen in 1949 photo mcalB14F05i15. Seen here during another Christmas with their toys. Older girl holds two dolls. Another doll sits in a toy highchair. Holiday cards adorn the fireplace mantle. Another photo is mcalB14F06i09
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of same children seen in 1949 photo mcalB14F05i15. Seen here during another Christmas with their toys. Older girl holds two dolls. Other dolls sit in a toy highchairs. Youngest holds the handle of a baby carriage. Holiday cards adorn the fireplace mantle. Another photo is mcalB14F06i07
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 indoor photo taken at Christmas, with 2-3 family generations present, as well as a portrait of son or husband on active duty after World War II. The young girl holds a composition baby doll. A toy wooden train seen on the floor.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's
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- Description: Circa 1954-1957 students of Mount St. Mary's participate in a Christmas drive for the poor. Boxes and baskets of goods include canned food, clothing and toys. Some of the boxes are labeled for whom the gifts would be appropriate (e.g. adults, or children). A poster hangs in back listing special needs items wanted. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of two young children (boys?) seated on the floor in front of a Christmas tree surrounded by Christmas toys. Seen are a small train on tracks, a Bambi rocker, a wagon, plush toys, books and noise makers.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of a young boy sitting in living room in front of Christmas tree surrounded by presents the family received. Toys, board game seen among kitchen canisters, pair of bedroom lamps. See also mcalB15F04i10 for the whole family.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 photo of two boys wearing boxing gloves and standing in front of a Christmas tree. Other toys include a train, children's tea set, stuffed animals, punching bag.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Another pose of 1944 portrait photo of a little boy sitting on a long coffee table holding a stuffed teddy bear toy.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Four children pose by their Christmas tree in the living room of their home. The two younger children sit in chairs. Their older brother stands in the back next to his older sister. Wooden skis and two large teddy bears seen. Same family as seen in mcalA14F15i19 and in mcalB14F10i03.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: Seven very young children are assembled on a living room couch for a group portrait. They each hold a toy or doll except the little boy on the far left. See also mcalA14F15i18
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs