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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Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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- Description: Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. A group of women, students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
South Burlington Central School Graduation
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Forward ever...") seen in the back. Photo #1.
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UVM Groups
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- Description: Graduating group portrait of UVM class of 1956 with Dean George Wolf assembled in Hall A of John Dewey Hall. Photo #2.
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UVM Groups
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- Description: 8 men in front of the former gymnasium (built 1901), now the Royall Tyler Theatre, which has a restored entrance way but the same arabesque detail on both sides. Athletes seem to be runners. Photo #9.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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- Description: Ira Allen Chapel and a snowy UVM green.
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UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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- Description: Ira Allen Chapel as seen from the north end of University Place. Other buildings include: Torrey Hall (behind chapel), Billings Library, Williams Hall, and Old Mill. 2 automobiles.
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Road Construction
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- Date Created: 1934-03-06
- Description: March 6, 1934. City Burlington Vermont. CWA (Civil Works Administration) Project #402-J. Telford stone base construction. Note winter conditions. Can someone note location?
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Road Construction
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- Date Created: 1928-09-10
- Description: September 10, 1928. Crew members work with a tank truck pouring and smoothing road surface on a strip of road.
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Road Construction
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- Description: A road crew at work on an unidentified Burlington street.
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Trinity College, Burlington
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- Description: Undated photo of Trinity College graduates in cap and gown are joined by other young women dressed in long gowns on the steps of Mann Hall on campus. A young woman in gown and veil stands center with a young girl and boy at either side of her. Banner to far right. Photo #4?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs