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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Fish
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- Date Created: 1935
- Description: 1935/1936 photo of two men displaying their catch of fish, fishing rods and other gear. Photo #3.
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Fraternal Order of Eagles
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 / 1950 Christmas photo of six men and women standing next to a decorated tree. Photo #5.
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Gardens
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 / 1947 garden along a hillside with paths leading up the slope to an arbor or trellis.
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Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949/1950 high school graduates assembled outside in front of their school. Photo #1.
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Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 South Burlington Central School graduates with slogan "With Every Privilege comes a Responsibility" Photo #1.
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Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of a very small group of graduates in cap and gown assembled outside for a group portrait along with an older man.
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Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 assembled group of graduates in cap and gown on a stage for a portrait.
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Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: 1948/1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
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Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside taken at a slight angle in front of their school. All wear same colored gowns. Visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." Photo #2.
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Grand Lodge of Vermont (Masons)
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 group portrait photo of members of the Grand Lodge of Vermont (Masons) assembled in front of a pastoral mural painting. McAllister was a member of a masonic lodge in Winooski, Vermont.
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