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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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 portrait photo of a young girl in a room seated in an upholstered chair.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of a marsh landscape and a young boy on a raft in a pond.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1951-1952
- Description: 1951 or 1952 group photo of men and women gathered at a rustic restaurant. Knotty pine walls. A large gift wrapped present rests on the table in front of one man. Photo #1.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1951-1952
- Description: 1951 or 1952 group photo of men and women gathered at a rustic restaurant. Knotty pine walls. A large gift wrapped present rests on the table in front of one man. Photo #3.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 photo of five older men standing behind a banquet or restaurant table. Other men seated at tables on either side of them.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 group portrait photo of young people and several adults gathered in a rustic restaurant with knotty pine walls and wooden log chandelier overhead. See mcalB16F07i05 for another exposure of same group. Photo #1.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1950s
- Description: Mid 1950s group portrait photo of young people and a few adults at a rustic restaurant. Photo #2.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Independent Order of Odd Fellows? 150 Bank Street, Burlington? Photo #3.
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Saint Michael's College - Groups
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Several men (associated with Saint Michael's College?) sit at wooden tables in a large open room (library?) with a brick fireplace and painting .
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Saint Michael's College - Groups
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Group of men (college students in business suits?) gather in library of Saint Michael's College for a portrait photo. Photo 31.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs