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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Theatricals
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    • Description: A man and woman pose in Colonial period costumes in a living room setting with a fire burning in an elegant fireplace.
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    Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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      • Date Created: 1955-02-19
      • Description: February 19, 1955. The paddle-boat Ticonderoga waits while crewmen of the W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire lay 300 foot sections of double track upon which the steamship travels on its way to the Shelburne Museum. Photo 139.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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        • Description: The steamship Ticonderoga nears the Rutland Railroad tracks. The workmen have prepared the ground before and after the tracks to receive the temporary sections of track needed for the boat to travel on. The ship will be guided in a berthing basin on the Shelburne Museum grounds. Undated but probably April 1955.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Unitarian Church
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          • Description: Lit evergreen Christmas tree at night located on the front lawn of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at the head of Church Street (Church Street Marketplace)in Burlington, Vermont.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Vermont [Steamboat]
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            • Description: View of the steamboat Vermont III on the cradle at the Shelburne Shipyard just a the water's edge of Lake Champlain. The boat is perhaps being maneuvered into dry dock.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Vermont Structural Steel
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              • Date Created: 1951
              • Description: 1951 interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building with a focus on a metal structure near the ceiling. Photo #27.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Veterans of Foreign Wars
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                • Description: Group portrait of military veterans at a celebratory gathering. Photo no. 3.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Webb Estate (Shelburne, VT)
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                  • Description: An equestrienne jumping hurdles.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Weddings
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                    • Description: Bride and groom stand outside in their wedding attire with an older couple ; perhaps parents.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Weddings
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                      • Description: A young woman of color stands with several other ladies all dressed in long gowns in the Sacred Heart Chapel. Seen behind is the statue of the Virgin Mary surrounded by flowers. Could this be a May Crowning? Undated. Photo #7.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs