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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Trinity College - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 group of Trinity College graduates in academic gowns. Office is very likely in the Administration Building (Mann Hall).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of three Trinity College graduates sitting in front of two Sisters of Mercy, who also may be faculty members. Photo #20.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944. Trinity College students gathered at an outdoor ceremony. In the foreground, students stand in cross-shaped formation, with several, dressed in white, forming an inner cross. Students in the background are forming either a clover leaf--symbolic of the Holy Trinity--or a circle (or globe) at the base of the cross, an ancient Christian symbol of sovereignty. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: Interior of Abraham's Drug Store at 111 Church St., Burlington.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: Interior of Abraham's Drug Store at 111 Church St., Burlington. Arrangement of display cases forms an arch.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936. Similar to mcalB18F20i03, this photo shows 2 additional men, and all are wearing hats. Building is Burlington Grocery Co., 47-49 Maple St., Burlington, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1948-1949
- Description: 1948 / 1949. Large group of children with mothers and caregivers, very likely part of Trinity College's interest in early childhood development and early diagnosis of developmental disorders. Mann Hall. Childrens Day? Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 Trinity College students in the science laboratory in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Instructor (?) can be seen on the left. Photo #12?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Sewer Projects (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1944-01-20
- Description: January 20, 1944. NORTH BEND STREET SEWER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. This view shows the intersection of North Bend Street in front of the Pomeroy "Stone" Cottage. This project extends from the intersection of Oak Street and North Bend northerly a distance of 110 feet to the intersection shown in the foreground, thence easterly a distance of 167 feet to the dead-end manhole. A new manhole and two catch basins and one manhole are to be constructed at this intersection. 15 inch clay sewer tile is being used in the first section and 10 inch clay sewer tile is being used in the second section. This installation will take care of the surface drainage which here-to-fore has overflowed down over the bank to the left, into the Intervale, but because of the new road now leading to the Refuse Disposal Grounds, this surface water would create severe damage to the road and adjoining banks. Note also the catch basin being constructed at the intersection of North Bend Street and Walnut Street shown in the background. The frost on this date was approximately 4 feet in depth.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 Burlington retail store entrances and parking lot for Irving's Fashions, Singer and People's. See also mcalA17F09i01, mcalA17F09i07
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs