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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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 outdoor photo of large family, with three generations present and two service men. This photo brings together the people seen in mcalB14F18i05 and mcalB14F18i06.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 outdoor photo of three women taken in the backyard of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 indoor photo of four young girls and their grandparents, seen also in maclB14F21i04.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 indoor photo of a family gathering at Christmas, with several military personnel present. The first Christmas after the end of World War II very likely prompted many families to have a portrait photo taken. (Same family as in mcalB14F24i24, minus one or two.)
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 indoor photo of a large family gathering at Christmas, with several generations present and a few members in uniform.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1945-1946
- Description: Ca. 1945 indoor photo of wife and parents seen in mcalB14F25i01, plus either younger siblings or children of same.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1946-1947
- Description: Ca. 1946 indoor photo of a family seen in mcalB14F26i10. Three adult children stand behind their parents.
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Burlington Airport
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- Date Created: 1937-07-13
- Description: View of the another side of the construction of the hangar at the Burlington Municipal Airport in a dated photo July 13, 1937. Open bay seen to the right. McAllister's name embossed on the lower right just above the handwritten date.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Airport
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- Date Created: 1937-07-27
- Description: July 27, 1937 photo of open framework during the construction of the wooden hangar at the Burlington Vermont Municipal Airport.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Airport
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- Date Created: 1937-09-07
- Description: September 7, 1937 photo of the back side of the wooden hangar showing open framework on the upper story and a black piece of sheeting (construction material) hanging vertically on the wall. Workers seen on the upper story.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs