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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Graham School, Burlington, VT
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    • Date Created: 1956
    • Description: Fall 1956 photo of members of the Graham School.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Houses -Unidentified
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      • Date Created: 1930
      • Description: 1930s photo of unidentified house with two porch entries. Steps for one entrance are at the corner of the house. An upper story porch is enclosed and there is a rear entrance seen to the far left in back. Could this be 119 North Willard Street, Burlington??
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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        • Description: Harold Mintzer, Groc[er].; 86 Pitkin St., Burlington. Photo no. 3 shows child looking out a window, a few trucks nearby.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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          • Date Created: 1951
          • Description: 1951 photo of fallen and damaged trees in the roadway. near McAllister's home at 47 North Winooski Ave. in Burlington.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Houses -Unidentified
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            • Description: 192 Summit St.,Burlington. Owner: Oren S. Nims.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Houses -Identified
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              • Date Created: 1959
              • Description: 1959 summer photo of 47 N. Winooski Ave. focusing on the space between the fence and properties of No. 47 and the next door No. 57 to the right.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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                • Date Created: 1950
                • Description: 1950s photo of a small two story house with an attached two door garage.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                I.O.O.F - Independent Order of Odd Fellows
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                  • Date Created: 1944-01
                  • Description: 1944 photo of a meal being enjoyed by the I.O.O.F - Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Men are seated at tables. Two women wait staff stand in the back.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Kamp Kill Kare
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                    • Description: Group portrait of staff at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated 1957/1958. Photo #6.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Kamp Kill Kare
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                      • Description: A boy jumps over a high bar at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs