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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McAllister Memorabilia
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    • Description: Photo of a mature woman wearing a paisley print dress.
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    Machinery
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      • Description: Photo of the interior of a machine room filled with various machines and tools. A man stands working at a machine. See also mcalA12F14i04 for another view.
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      Machinery
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        • Description: Photo of Aga industrial gas stoves or ovens.
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        Machinery
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          • Description: Photo with descriptive labels pointing to various parts of the 620 Front Machine.
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          Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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            • Description: Machine Guns in Action, Artillery Range, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., smoke screen. Military men seated on the ground watching a machine gun demonstration.
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            Heineberg Bridge (old)
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              • Date Created: 1937-03-03
              • Description: Photograph dated Mar. 3, 1937, of an explosion during the demolition of the old Heineberg Bridge.
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              Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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                • Date Created: 1934-07
                • Description: ROTC Artillery On the March to the Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. July 1934. Column of mounted military men and horse drawn artillery. Dirt road with utility poles and lines. Photo #16.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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                  • Description: Column of tractor drawn artillery and other ordnance on road with utility poles.
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                  Flowers
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                    • Description: Gladiolus held in person's hand.
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                    Weddings
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                      • Date Created: 1956-08-25
                      • Description: August 25, 1956. Photo of a wedding ceremony in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The bride Betty Phillips, her father Carl Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand before the Rev. Elden G. Bucklin with members of the wedding party on either side. Mrs. Katherine (Eckley) Dopp, organist.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs