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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State Health Building
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: Fall 1952 - site of the State Health Building being constructed at 115 Colchester Ave. (currently 195 Colchester Ave.) ; to the left in background is Mann Hall of Trinity College opposite the site also on upper Colchester Ave, Burlington, Vt.
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Oil Tank Construction
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- Date Created: 1952-07-15
- Description: July 15, 1952. Crew members of C. A. Congdon Construction building oil tank on the water front, Burlington, Vt.
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Oil Tank Construction
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: July 15, 1952 oil tank construction by C.A. Congdon Construction. Several cars parked nearby.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Oil Tank Construction
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 oil tank construction site.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Oil Tank Construction
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 landscape view of oil tank construction site. Workmen and various trucks and machinery seen.
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Oil Tank Construction
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo with snow on the ground of oil tank under construction by C. A. Congdon Construction showing walled off area immediately surrounding the base of the tank.
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Oil Tank Construction
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 photo of an open ended pipe lying on the ground amidst tall grass and other vegetation.
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Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: Nov. 1, 1952 photo of oil tanks near shore front of Lake Champlain.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Order of the Eastern Star
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- Date Created: 1956-1957
- Description: 1956 / 1957 A large group of Eastern Star members in formal dress, assembled for a portrait photograph at an Order of the Eastern Star function. Photo #2
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Two images of the same infant placed in the corner of a couch for a portrait photo. Dated 1944. See also mcalB14F01i09 with who may be child's mother and grandmother.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs