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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First Congregational Church - Services
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- Date Created: 1951-1952
- Description: 1951/1952 photo of the First Congregational Church sanctuary.
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Fish
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 photo of a display of various kinds of fish. The large fish in the center may be a muskie or a northern pike. It seems to have been caught while swallowing a smaller fish.
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Flowers, Pots
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- Description: Gladiolus flower.
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Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Spring, Summer Cadet Nurses. Photo #1?
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Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
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- Date Created: 1935-1936
- Description: 1935/1936 Fall-Spring building construction at Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT) See also mcalB08F31i12
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Weddings
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of wedding party outside Ira Allen Chapel on University of Vermont campus, Burlington, Vt. Photo #5.
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Weddings
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of seven people of various ages standing outside on the lawn. A large L shaped building seen behind. Members of a wedding party?
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Weddings
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 wedding portrait of a wartime bride and groom with members of the wedding party.
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Weddings
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 wedding portrait of bride and groom with members of the wedding party gathered outside on the lawn. Photo 5.
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Weddings
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 portrait of a wartime bride and groom standing in the corner of a living room of a home. She wears a gown and corsage. He is in military uniform. They wear their eye glasses in this image. Photo 1. See also mcalB22F06i07
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