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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Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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- Description: A large elegant building in Queen City Park, So. Burlington, Vermont is shaded by elm and other trees in this summer time photo. Open porches are seen on each end of the building. Canvas canopies on the porch on the right can provide shade from the sun.
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Road Construction
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- Date Created: 1938-12-07
- Description: December 7, 1938. Road construction crew repaves a city street as part of the P. W. A. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works street improvements. Project No. VT 1097-F.
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Road Construction
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- Date Created: 1934-05-02
- Description: May 2, 1934. P.W.A Project #2232 A view of North Avenue widening Project looking southerly. The excavation of the road bed has been completed in this section and has part of the Telfold base in place. See also mcalA05F24i06
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Road Construction
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- Description: A road crew and their heavy equipment at work on an unidentified Burlington street.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Three church clergy present in this group of men and women as they gather outside on an expansive lawn with large trees for a photo.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Church Youth Choir. Unidentified and undated. Photo #1
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Portrait photo of a choral group of young men and women, possibly high school students with their director.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Group of men standing in front of the Edmunds High School when it was a high school. Undated but may be 1920s, 1930s. Photo #3.
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Musical Ensembles
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- Description: Student band with their leader. Location Edmunds High School gymnasium/auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Undated.
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Offices
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- Description: Photo of a check for $1400 paid to Emily C. Zeno on December 13, 1927.
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