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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Trinity College, Burlington
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    • Description: A group of young women in choral robes gather in the Trinity College chapel for a group photo. Photo #25.
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    UVM Fleming Museum
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      • Description: Interior of the current Wilbur Room of the Fleming Museum, with a portrait of James Wilbur (1856-1929) above the fireplace. In effect the library of the museum, the room has bookcases and furniture suitable for leisurely reading, conversation, study, and meetings. The names of three prominent figures in Vermont history appear on the east, south, and west vaults of the ceiling. They are: Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), Ira Allen (1751-1814), and Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797; not visible in this photo).
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      UVM Groups
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        • Description: UVM students, very likely fraternity members, assembled before Sigma Nu fraternity house, 57 So. Williams St. Occasion might be an end-of-semester formal or the Winter Carnival ball.
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        Vermont Structural Steel
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          • Description: View of a large building being constructed with a metal framework. 1951.
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          Vermont Structural Steel
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            • Description: Interior view of a large building of Vermont Structural Steel filled with machinery, equipment and supplies. Dated 1951.
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            Veterans of Foreign Wars
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              • Description: Group portrait of military veterans at a celebratory gathering.
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              Veterans of Foreign Wars
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                • Description: Group portrait of military veterans at a celebratory gathering.
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                Weddings
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                  • Description: A wedding couple pose beneath a leaf covered arch with a tissue paper folding bell hanging from above.
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                  Winooski Bridge Construction
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                    • Date Created: 1928-07-03
                    • Description: July 3, 1928. Reconstruction of the Winooski Bridge after the 1927 flood. Reopened 1928. View is looking toward Winooski. Champlain Mill to the right.
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                    Follett House, Burlington
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                      • Description: View of the western facade of the Follett House. There is a large crowd of people watching a fire which is producing dark clouds of billowing smoke.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs