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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Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 group photo of Mount St. Mary's girls basketball team. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's assemble for a group photo. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Description: Members of the cast pose in costume on stage for one of Mount St. Mary's student drama productions. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Date Created: 1952-02-10
- Description: February 10, 1952. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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- Description: McCormick Deering Farm Equipment exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing various farm and dairy supplies and equipment such as milking machines, cream separators. Embossed with McAllister's name in lower right corner.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: A large group of young people along with a few older adults gather at a rustic restaurant(?) for a special meal and event.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: A large group of young people along with a few older adults gather at a rustic restaurant(?) for a special meal and event.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Photo of a young choir boy in robe holding an open book.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Church Youth Choir. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: One male nurse and three female nurses pose for a group portrait with an older man.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs