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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Vermont Structural Steel
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- Description: Interior view of a building at Vermont Structural Steel with overhead machinery and a rail track seen to the left. Photo No. 28.
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Vermont Structural Steel
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 interior view of a building at Vermont Structural Steel with overhead machinery, a ground track system seen at the right and a metal ladder to the left. Photo No. 29.
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Trinity College, Burlington
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- Description: A group of young women assemble for a portrait. Photo #23.
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UVM Botany Dept.
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- Description: Unidentified male, possibly a researcher, in wetland setting (also unknown but presumably near UVM campus).
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UVM Groups
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- Description: UVM students in academic regalia. Occasion or year unknown. Taken in front of the Billings Library.
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UVM Groups
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- Description: UVM graduates in academic regalia. Site and date unknown. Photo #1. See also mcalA18F11i11.
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UVM Groups
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- Description: University of Vermont Class of 1920 reunion (40th? 45th?) on the steps of the Billings Library.
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Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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- Date Created: 1955-04-12
- Description: April 12, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga is positioned in the berthing basin on the grounds of the Shelburne Museum. Behind the ship is seen the Colchester Lighthouse, one of the buildings of the museum. Photo 162.
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Trinity College, Burlington
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- Description: McAuley Hall, constructed 1958. Building on the Trinity College campus, Burlington, Vermont. Founded in 1925 by the Sisters of Mercy of Vermont. Closed in 2000. Later purchased by the University of Vermont. Photo #4.
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Trinity College, Burlington
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- Description: McAuley Hall, constructed 1958. Building on the Trinity College campus, Burlington, Vermont. Founded in 1925 by the Sisters of Mercy of Vermont. Closed in 2000. Later purchased by the University of Vermont. Photo #1.
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