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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Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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- Date Created: 1955-09-12
- Description: September 12, 1955. An interior view of a portion of remodeled S. S. Kresge Company department store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Wm G. Younglove, Supt. Display counters are being assembled and installed.
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McAllister Portraits
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- Description: A formal portrait of Louis McAllister dressed in plaid suit jacket, matching vest and tie. He was a 50 year member of the Webster Masonic Lodge in Winooski, Vermont and wears a lapel pin. Photo may be late 1940s.
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McAllister Portraits
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- Description: A formal portrait of Louis McAllister dressed in plaid suit jacket, matching vest and tie. May be late 1940s.
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McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Group family photo with nephew, his wife and daughter along with other relatives. Louis McAllister is seen in the back row on the right end. Undated but may be 1930s. Two family dogs are also seen; a chihuahua sits in a woman's lap and a collie is seen at the right. Location backyard at McAllister's home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. See also mcalB10F15i03 for dated photo.
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McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Formal portrait photo of a woman in light colored dress, what appears to be a hair net and may be a Shriner's or Masonic pin on her dress. Undated but may be 1920s or earlier. Same woman as in mcalA12F12 i12, and i13. Is this Cora May McAllister?
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McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Formal portrait in an oval frame of a very young child seated holding a small plush teddy bear.
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McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Formal photo portrait of L. L. McAllister's nephew. He wears a tweed jacket, white shirt, tie and sweater vest. Udated.
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Machinery
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- Description: View of a room with Cooper Bessemer machinery at Penick & Ford. Noted as being the country's third largest maker of corn products in 1931. See also mcalA14F14i03
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Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951-10-10
- Description: October 10, 1951. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Student Activities
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- Description: Students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal group photo. School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #15.
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