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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Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Date Created: 1952-02-10
- Description: February 10, 1952. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc. Winter scene of the hospital still under construction.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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- Description: Frigidaire kitchen appliance exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing refrigerators and freezers sold by Strong Hardware of Burlington.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: Group photo of adults assembled outside Pearsons Hall at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. Undated but may be 1920s or 1930s. Three dogs, one cat and one baby are also present.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Staff
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- Description: Group photo of doctors, nurses and staff of the Mary Fletcher Hospital.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: Smaller group adults [Russian Summer School faculty] seated outside on and standing behind a wooden bench with green bushes in the back. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: Loosely assembled group of adults [Spanish Summer School faculty] on the steps outside one of the buildings on the Middlebury College campus. Undated. Same group as mcalA13F07i21
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: Loosely assembled group of adults [Spanish Summer School faculty] outside on the steps of one of the buildings on the Middlebury College campus. Undated. Same group as mcalA13F07i20
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's Glee Club, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble on and in front of the stage for a formal group photo. School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #28.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble on stage in costume for senior class production, "Career Angel". One girl on the right is in black face with Topsy Pick-a-Ninny hair style. School was located at 100 Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Description: Members of the cast pose in costume on stage for one of Mount St. Mary's student drama productions. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs