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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    • Date Created: 1953
    • Description: 1953 wedding portrait of bride and groom cutting their wedding cake at their reception. Most likely taken inside of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. McAllister's nephew stands in back to the left. Photo no. 5
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      • Description: A young bride in her wedding gown poses beneath a leaf covered arch. She holds her bouquet. A tissue paper bell hangs from above. Two small evergreen trees stand on either side of the arch.
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        • Description: Bride and groom with their wedding party gathered outside for a group photo.
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          • Date Created: 1956-08-25
          • Description: August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. begin to cut into their wedding cake at the wedding reception. They are in Fellowship Hall on the ground floor of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The heavy wooden sliding doors with windows behind them closed off the chapel. Betty was a member of the church. Photo #7.
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            • Date Created: 1956-08-25
            • Description: August 25, 1956. Newly wed Betty Phillips and R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand outside in front of the First Baptist Church in Burlington, Vermont with the complete wedding party; parents, bride's maids and best man. Betty was a member of the church. Her parents were Carl and Kay Phillips. Photo #3.
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              • Date Created: 1956-08-25
              • Description: August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand outside to one side of the main entrance to the First Baptist Church in Burlington, Vermont. She wears a full length gown and holds her bouquet. She was a member of the church. Photo #1.
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                • Date Created: 1945
                • Description: 1945 wedding portrait of wartime bride standing outside in a landscaped garden. She in a wedding gown with long train.
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                  • Date Created: 1945
                  • Description: 1945 wedding portrait of wartime bride and groom with wedding party assembled outside on the lawn with house seen behind. Photo #3. See also mcalB22F12i13
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                    • Date Created: 1944
                    • Description: 1944 indoor photo of a young couple seated in a private home in front of a table set with a wedding cake and surrounded by family and friends.
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                      • Date Created: 1944
                      • Description: 1944 photo of wedding party outside Ira Allen Chapel on University of Vermont campus, Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
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