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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203 Portrait photography. 127 Burlington (Vt.). 54 Men. 48 Family. 48 Women. 41 Children. 39 High school athletes. 38 School sports. 34 Young women. 29 Boys. 29 High school students. 29 House furnishings. 28 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 28 Winooski (Vt.). 27 Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.). 26 Girls. 21 Baseball. 21 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 20 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 20 College graduates. 20 Interior architecture. 18 Church buildings. 17 College students. 16 Buildings. 15 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 14 Christmas greens. 13 College teachers. 13 Restaurants. 13 School children. 12 High school buildings. 12 Students. 11 Gymnasiums. 11 Priests. 10 Basketball. 10 Bridegrooms. 10 Brides. 9 Bands (Music). 9 Football. 9 Fraternal Order of Eagles. 9 High school graduates. 9 Middlebury College. 9 Nuns. 8 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 8 Dwellings. 8 Employees. 8 Middlebury (Vt.). 7 Business. 7 Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.). 6 Cake. 6 Choruses. 6 Drum majorettes. 6 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 6 Musical groups. 6 Toys. 6 Young men. 5 Auditoriums. 5 Infants. 5 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Nurses. 5 Santa Claus. 5 Weddings. 5 Worship programs. 4 Architectural photography. 4 Athletics. 4 Chapels. 4 Cheerleading. 4 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Landscape photography. 4 Richford (Vt.). 4 Richford High School (Richford, Vt.). 4 St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.). 4 St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Actors. 3 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 3 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Choirs (Music). 3 Classrooms. 3 Colchester (Vt.). 3 Confirmation -- Catholic Church. 3 Construction projects. 3 Costume. 3 Department stores. 3 Fanny Allen Hospital. 3 First communion. 3 Flowers. 3 High school students -- Dramatic production. 3 Machinery. 3 Musicians. 3 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 3 Service stations. 3 Shelburne (Vt.). 3 Stores, Retail. 3 Track and field athletes. 2 DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 2 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 2 Hardware. 2 Housing. 2 Offices. 2 Salvation Army. 2 Shelburne Museum. 2 St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.). 2 Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States. 2 University of Vermont. 2 Women veterans. 1 Ballerinas. 1 Banners. 1 Barns. 1 Blackface entertainers. 1 Boats and boating. 1 Bowling. 1 Buses. 1 Camping. 1 Christmas pageants. 1 Dance. 1 Greek letter societies. 1 High school teachers. 1 Horses. 1 J.K. Kidder Mfg. Co., Inc. 1 Livestock. 1 Middle school students. 1 Minstrel shows. 1 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 1 Piano. 1 Reunions. 1 Saint John Vianney Parish (South Burlington, Vt.). 1 Shelburne Public School (Shelburne, Vt.). 1 South Burlington (Vt.). 1 Street photography. 1 Tennis. 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Turkeys. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Wake services.

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Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
Graduations - Unidentified
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    • Date Created: 1949
    • Description: 1949 formal portrait photo of graduates in cap and gown outside in front of a brick library building. Library hours posted in the window. Wooden shutter has silhouette of a lighted torch cut out in upper panel. An older woman stands to the far left. A young man with a graduation baton stands upper right. Photo #2.
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    Miniature of New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
    New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
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      • Date Created: 1949
      • Description: 1949 photo of construction of New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. at 266 Main Street, Burlington, Vt.
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      Miniature of Portraits - Children
      Portraits - Children
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        • Date Created: 1949
        • Description: 1949 family photo of four children, three boys and a baby girl, gathered in and beside an upholstered chair in front of a curtained window. Photo #4. See same children in mcalB14F05i02
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        Miniature of Portraits - Children
        Portraits - Children
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          • Date Created: 1949
          • Description: 1949 photo of two boys wearing boxing gloves and standing in front of a Christmas tree. Other toys include a train, train water tower, coloring book, children's tea set, stuffed animals, punching bag.
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          Miniature of Portraits - Family
          Portraits - Family
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            • Date Created: 1949
            • Description: Another portrait photo of older mature couple; husband and wife seated among flower arrangements. Brick fireplace seen behind. Dated 1949
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            Miniature of Portraits - Family
            Portraits - Family
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              • Date Created: 1949-1950
              • Description: 1949 - 1950 family portrait photo. Same family as seen in mcalB15F02i15. Taken outdoors on a lawn with trees behind.
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              Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
              Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                • Date Created: 1949
                • Description: 1949 photo of a group of men, women, and a nun gathered in a room; perhaps a kitchen (linoleum floor) for a portrait. Same people as seen in mcalB16F01i05.
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                Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
                Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                  • Date Created: 1949
                  • Description: 1949 photo printed from a damaged negative. A group of older men and women sit at dining tables in a restaurant. Stage with piano seen center background. Walls are knotty pine, floor hard wood, drop panel ceiling. Photo #5.
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                  Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
                  Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                    • Date Created: 1949-1950
                    • Description: 1949 or 1950 group portrait of women and four men at dining tables at a restaurant.
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                    Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
                    Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                      • Date Created: 1949-1950
                      • Description: Birds eye view of a banquet on the floor of Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vt as seen from the balcony. On the floor men and women are seated at many dining tables. A very long head table is set just in front of the stage. Dated 1949 - 1950. Photo #2.
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