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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    • Description: Undated photo of 27 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
    Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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      • Date Created: circa 1950's
      • Description: 1950s photo of house at 57 North Winooski Ave, Burlington at the corner of Grant Street. Next door to McAllister's home.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
      Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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        • Description: The McAllister House; 47 North Winooski Avenue. Built in 1889, the house was photographer Louis L. McAllister's residence from 1916 until his death in 1963.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
        Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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          • Date Created: circa 1930's
          • Description: 1930s photo of a cottage by a lake. For another view of this see mcalB09F24i19.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
          Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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            • Date Created: 1950
            • Description: 1950s photo of house at 57 North Winooski Ave, Burlington at the corner of Grant Street.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
            Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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              • Description: 45 So. Willard Street and 134 Buell Street. Three story clapboard house at the intersection of Buell St. and So. Willard St., Burlington, Vermont as the street sign states. The Buell St entrance is at the stairs seen at the far left.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
              Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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                • Description: 45 So. Willard Street and 134 Buell Street. Three story clapboard house at the intersection of Buell St. and So. Willard St., Burlington, Vermont as the street sign states. The Buell St entrance is at the stairs seen at the far left.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Houses -Identified
                Houses -Identified
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                  • Date Created: 1952
                  • Description: 1952 winter photo of the back corner of 47 N. Winooski Ave. showing long icicles hanging down in front of a window from the eaves above.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs