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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Art - Painting by Grace A. Webb
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- Description: 1944 or 1945 photo of a watercolor painting by Grace A. Webb of a landscape scene. Reminiscent of a photo McAllister took of a young child standing in a road in a country scene. See mcalA17F11i05
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Art - Misc. Paintings
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- Description: Photo of a painting depicting the half length portrait of a young woman done in a classic portraiture style. Looks to be unframed. Date photo taken 1936 - 1945.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Art - Painting by Grace A. Webb
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- Description: 1944 or 1945 photo of a watercolor painting by Grace A. Webb of a summer landscape scene showing marine vessels by the shore of a lake. A young woman sits by a building drawing.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles
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- Description: Photo of a car that has been in an accident. License plate reads "61-253 Vermont 1935". Looks like the car has been moved from the accident scene and is now in a compound.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles
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- Description: An auto mechanic uses a rotary sander to smooth the finish on the front fender of an automobile. 1944/47?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Accidents
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- Description: The crushed rear fender of a car that has been in an accident. Car is parked in the driveway of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. To the far right is his neighbor's home no. 57. Taken 1935-1936. Fall-Spring
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (H-P)
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 Employees of Herberg Auto Service Inc. listed as being at 137-139 S. Winooski Ave. and 204-206 Main Street, Burlington. Fall-Spring.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 Fall. Burlington, Vt. garage Nash Motors. Royer Motor Co. 173 St. Paul.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
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- Date Created: 1946/1947
- Description: 1946/47 gas service station ; location may be somewhere along Main St. in Winooski, Vermont. Could this be Roscoe's Garage at 262 Main St.? To the right is Bissonette Grocery at 254 Main.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs