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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Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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- Description: 1945 portrait photo of nurse graduates gathered with three nuns. Graduates each wear a corsage and hold diploma. Photo #4.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: 1951/1952 photo of two young tap dancers posing on stage next to a piano.
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Champlain Transportation Co. - Ticonderoga
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- Description: 1936 photo of the steamboat Ticonderoga cruising in Lake Champlain just inside the breakwater near the waterfront in Burlington, Vermont.
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Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Description: 1936 photo of the construction of a ferry (perhaps the City of Burlington) being built for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works.
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Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
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- Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's ferry Roosevelt as it cruises out into Lake Champlain.
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Christ the King School - First Communion
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- Description: Christ the King School - First Communion 1953 with the children assembled outside with one boy holding a banner. Photo #3.
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Christ the King School - Graduation
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- Description: Christ the King School - Graduation 1953. Photo #1.
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Christ the King School - Confirmation
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- Description: Young men and women from the Christ the King Parish posing with Rev. Charles A Towne and a second priest in a photograph commemorating their receiving the Catholic sacrament of confirmation. Photograph is dated 1949-1950. Head of a dog peers out from between two girls front row, right. Photo #3.
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Christ the King School - First Communion
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- Description: Christ the King School - First Communion 1951 with children assembled outside. The boys do not have jackets but wear long sleeved white shirts and ties. A priest is seen along with a religious banner and an altar boy back row center. Photo #2.
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Construction Sites
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- Description: 1950 photo of a building construction site showing a lot of wood framing and men laying plywood.
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