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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Houses -Unidentified
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- Description: A two story brick home with a pitched slate roof and dormer centrally placed. Wood panel shutters are seen on the upper story windows. There is a small portico entry with Doric columns at the front door with sidelights. Large evergreen trees surround the grounds. No. 101 is on the right porch column. Location unknown. See also mcalB09F22i02 and mcalA11F16i09
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Kamp Kill Kare
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- Description: Boy campers enjoy watching rabbits at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated 1957/1958.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Knights of Columbus
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 portrait photo of a large group of Knights of Columbus members dressed in tuxedos and wearing sashes or neck insignias. Several members are priests and sit in the front row.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Knights of Columbus
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- Date Created: 1940
- Description: 1940s Knights of Columbus event. A Priest stands and addresses the attendees who sit at tables after having a meal.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Landscapes - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered tree lined dirt road.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Lincoln "Cootiettes" Club
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 group portrait of the Lincoln "Cootiettes" Club with members in a celebratory mood. Beer bottles raised in hand. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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- Description: Photo of Interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Machinery
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- Description: Photo of a large piece of machinery labeled STAMCO sheet and plate machinery / The ? Tool Manufacturing Co. Dated 1949-1950.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 Construction of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim Mead & White. Builders Vermilya-Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 Construction of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim Mead & White. Builders Vermilya-Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs