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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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of two young children (boys?) seated on the floor in front of a Christmas tree surrounded by Christmas toys. Seen are a small train on tracks, a Bambi rocker, a wagon, plush toys, books and noise makers.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Two over exposed images of an infant baby girl lying on a bassinet for a photo portrait. Dated 1944.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 portrait photo of three children (a sister, brother and infant sibling) sitting in an upholstered chair. Photo #6. Sames children as in mcalB14F05i03
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 family photo of three children, a girl, a boy and an infant, seated in an upholstered chair. Photo #5.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: Photo of a 1949 photo of two young girls (sisters?) pinned to a surface. They wear matching ballerina outfits, tulle over-skirts, flower garlands in their hair and strike a pose with arms outstretched. They stand in front of a fireplace.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of a young boy sitting in living room in front of Christmas tree surrounded by presents the family received. Toys, board game seen among kitchen canisters, pair of bedroom lamps. See also mcalB15F04i10 for the whole family.
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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, children's tea set, stuffed animals, punching bag.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1956-1957
- Description: 1956 or 1957 photo of three children in front of their family Christmas tree.
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Portraits - Children (Parties)
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 children's birthday party with guests wearing birthday hats and gathered around the dining table.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 indoor photo of five family members, with three generations present (and perhaps a serviceman absent). Probable: two sisters (standing), their parents, and infant grandchild.
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