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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Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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    • Date Created: 1936-05-08
    • Description: May 6, 1955. View of what appears to be a painted brick cellar wall with metal pipes. A wooden step ladder is seen to the left. An open window on the right gives a view to the outside.
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    Interiors (Unidentified)
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      • Description: Trinity College dining hall (cafeteria) with tables and chairs arranged in dining style. Overhead lighting fixtures have a futuristic look to them. Undated but may be 1950s. McAuley Hall? Photo #?
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      Interiors (Unidentified)
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        • Description: View of a dining hall with tables and place settings. At least two tables have tree trunks for legs. The floor is made of large stone slabs. Overhead lighting fixtures have hanging shades. Chairs are wooden straight spindle back with woven or cane seats. Location unknown but date may be 1920s or 1930s.
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        Burlington High School Groups
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          • Description: Photo of a musical quartet in an interior with a wood floor. Four men stand or sit with their respective instruments (saxophone, piano, drums, trumpet). On the base drum the letters T. M. C. appear. Drummer is Thomas McKenzie Crowley, BHS class of 1954 and later State Senator from Chittenden County.
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          Burlington High School Track Team
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            • Description: Formal group portrait of the boys track team taken outside Edmunds High School building. Coach Carl Adams seen in the back row, center. Probably taken for the BHS yearbook, Oread. Photo #3.
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            Burlington Streets: Scarff Ave.
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              • Date Created: 1938-11-01
              • Description: Photograph dated Nov. 1, 1938. A view of a section of Scarff Ave. prior to paving.
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              Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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                • Date Created: 1955-09-12
                • Description: September 12, 1955. An interior view of portion of the remodeled S. S. Kresge Company department store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Wm G. Younglove, Supt. Display counters being assembled and installed.
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                McAllister Portraits
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                  • Description: Photo of Louis McAllister on his step ladder with his tall tripod as he steadies his camera ready to take a photograph. He is in front of Billings Library on the University of Vermont campus; Ira Allen Chapel is in the background.
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                  McAllister Portraits
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                    • Description: An early portrait of a young dapper Louis McAllister perhaps dressed in character for a recitation entitled "The Dude in a Horse Car". In his youth he tried his hand at acting. Undated.
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                    McAllister Portraits with Foxes
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                      • Description: Louis McAllister pictured with fur pelts of fox, raccoon and possibly skunk that he has trapped and skinned. Some of the pelts are stretched on boards leaning against the truck.
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