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.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1944 photo of Cathedral High School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt for a class picture. Photo #14.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1944 photo of Cathedral High School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt for a class picture.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1956 photo of a small group Cathedral High School students.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1957 photo of a small group of Cathedral High School students. Photo #23.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1951 photo of female Cathedral High School students all in uniform outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture. Photo #23.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1957-1958
- Description: 1957 or 1958 family photo of a man, woman and four children.
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Portraits - Groups, Identified
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of Texaco Oil Co. employees standing outside a building. Oil barrels seen behind them. Photo #2. City directory lists The Texas Co, a gas and oil company located on Lake Street in Burlington.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1935-1936
- Description: Seven men in overcoats and hats stand in a line for a portrait photo. Dated 1935-1936. Two of the men are the same as seen in mcalB15F12i05.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1935-1936
- Description: 1935 or 1936 indoor photo of three men. Two hold a trophy of some sort. Boston ferns seen in the background. Same distinctive location with decorative latice work as seen in mcalB15F13i01. See also mcalB15F12i04 for different exposure of same men.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 photo of a group of young women, with five male cooks and kitchen staff standing behind them. Location, occasion unknown.
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