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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Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
Trinity College - Groups
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    • Date Created: 1956
    • Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students with faculty member/Sister of Mercy, reading together from a book. Office probably in the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #25.
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    Miniature of Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
    Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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      • Description: 1950s photo of an older and young man in a business office. May have been taken for a high school yearbook. Names and location unknown.
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      Miniature of Trinity College - Sports & Activities
      Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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        • Date Created: 1949
        • Description: 1949 Trinity College students gathered in an office in the Admin. Building (Mann Hall).
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        Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
        Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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          • Date Created: 1951
          • Description: March 1951 portrait photo of six men in an office with one of the men sitting at a metal office desk.
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          Miniature of Machinery
          Machinery
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            • Date Created: 1935
            • Description: 1935 view of the interior of an office / work room. A man sits at what looks to be a roll top desk.
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            Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
            Portraits - Individuals
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              • Date Created: 1945
              • Description: 1945 portrait photo of a woman seated at an office desk using a typewriter. Many papers on her desk; one reads "WCAX schedules."
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs