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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WJOY Radio
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- Date Created: 1946-1947
- Description: 1946 or 1947 photo of country western group of musicians in the ABC WJOY radio studio with banner. Photo #2.
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WCAX Radio
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 WCAX radio broadcaster with the American Quiz and Answer Book and a dictionary laid in front of him on the the table.
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Farms - Haying
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- Description: Undated photo of a farmhand riding horse driven hay cutting machinery.
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Farms - Livestock
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 photo of a horse.
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First Church of Christ - Scientists
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- Date Created: 1946-1947
- Description: 1946/1947 photo of the Christian Science Church on South Union Street in Burlington, Vermont.
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Winooski High School - Misc.
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 group of Winooski High School students.
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Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
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- Description: 1952 Six BHS cheerleaders pose outside on the steps of the high school building (Edmunds). Photo #7.
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Weddings
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- Description: Man and woman (wedding couple?); he in military uniform, stand outside a building with massive stone pillars. Dated 1944.
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Weddings
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of wedding party outside Ira Allen Chapel on University of Vermont campus, Burlington, Vt. Photo #3.
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Weddings
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of a war bride and groom standing outside in front of a house. Groom is in naval uniform. Photo 3.
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