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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Veterinarian's Office: Charles W. Gates
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 photo of veterinarian's office of Charles W. Gates at 240 Shelburne Road. Dr. Gates sits at a table.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Alpha Chi Omega
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Sisters of Alpha Chi Omega sorority (residence: 384 Main St., Burlington, Vt.). A similar photo (mcalB20F22i08) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Alpha Delta Pi
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- Description: Sisters of Alpha Delta Pi (residence: 363 So. Willard St.).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Alpha Delta Pi
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- Description: Sisters of Alpha Delta Pi (residence: 363 So. Willard St.).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Kappa Alpha Theta
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- Description: Sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta. (Chapter house at 215 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt. The house was built in 1900 for lawyer Charles T. Barney and later owned by the Catholic diocese as a residence for Bishop Joseph J. Rice.) Kappa Alpha Theta was the first sorority to have a chapter at UVM (1881). A similar photo appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p.133.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Kappa Alpha Theta
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- Description: Sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta in their chapter house at 215 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt. (The house was built in 1900 for lawyer Charles T. Barney and later owned by the Catholic diocese as a residence for Bishop Joseph J. Rice.) Kappa Alpha Theta was the first sorority to have a chapter at UVM (1881).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Pi Beta Phi
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- Description: Sisters of Pi Beta Phi sorority, whose UVM chapter was founded in 1898. This photo was probably taken in their chapter house at 369 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Pi Beta Phi
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- Description: Sisters of Pi Beta Phi sorority, whose UVM chapter was founded in 1898. This photo was probably taken in their chapter house at 369 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Pi Beta Phi
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Sisters of Pi Beta Phi sorority (chapter house: 369 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt.), whose UVM chapter was founded in 1898. A similar photo appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p.138.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 Lisbon, NH school band poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #7?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs