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 - Family
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 Christmas photo with a young boy holding his younger sibling. Dad seen to the left, Mom seen to the right. See also mcalB15F03i19 for earlier family photo taken in 1950 when the little boy was a baby.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: A 1951 portrait photo of a mother, father, infant and older brother seated in front of the Christmas tree. Same family as in mcalB15F04i08 and mcalB15F03i19
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 outdoor photo of family members, assembled in front of an automobile in the back yard of the McAllister residence.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 portrait photo taken indoors of a family; perhaps a mother, father, their grown children or in-laws. One woman holds an infant.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: circa 1956
- Description: Ca. 1956 outdoor photo of an elderly couple, seen also in mcalB14F24i30 (very likely the parents in this photo).
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 photo of three ladies wrapping Christmas gifts including Sundial shoes, a baby doll's bassinet and winter coats for children. They sit in a wood paneled room in front of a brick fireplace. See mcalA15F08i18 for another exposure.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in front of a wood frame clapboard house. Three children kneel on a toboggan. Same family group also seen in mcalA09F12i34, mcalA15F02i30, i31, i32, i33, i35. Duplicate image of mcalA15F02i31
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Indoor photo of the family seen in mcalB14F20i03, dated 1945: parents and three adult children, two of whom are in uniform.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Members of McAllister's family (including Joanne Raymond, McAllister's grandniece) with collie and chihuahua dogs. Most likely taken at McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Undated but may be 1950s. See mcalA12F12i03, mcalB10F15i03, mcalB10F15i04 for same family members.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: A man, his wife and two children stand outside their house. The same man appears in mcalA09F12i44 holding a carved wooden chain. He is missing his left hand. Duplicate image of mcalA15F02i12
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs