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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Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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    • Date Created: 1948-1949
    • Description: 1948/1949. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located at 73 Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. A group of women, graduates of the local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo. Photo #1.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    South Burlington Central School
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      • Date Created: 1959
      • Description: 1959. A large group of men and women gather inside a wood paneled room (jukebox and stage behind) for a group photo. Burlington residents, Bea and Bob Earnshaw are seated in the front row far right. Photo #3. See also mcalA15F04i08
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      State Health Building Construction (Burlington, VT)
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        • Date Created: 1952
        • Description: 1952 construction site photo of State Health Building being built. Listed as 115 Colchester Ave. in 1954 city directory (currently 195 Colchester Ave.). Newly built Mary Fletcher Hospital seen to the center right in background.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
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          • Date Created: 1946
          • Description: Interior of Abraham's Drug Store at 111 Church St., Burlington.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
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            • Date Created: 1946
            • Description: Interior of Abraham's Drug Store at 111 Church St., Burlington.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            The Fashion Shop (Burlington, VT)
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              • Date Created: 1945
              • Description: Fashion Shop (Burlington, VT) window, 81-83 Church Street with publicity photo display of CBS WCAX personalities. Dated 1945.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Theatricals
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                • Date Created: 1948-1949
                • Description: 1948 / 1949 photo of performers, some in blackface assembled on a stage with a large shield shaped sign reading "P of H" Photo #1.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Trinity College - Faculty
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                  • Description: Faculty member of Trinity College and presumably a Sister of Mercy.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Fanny Allen Hospital: School of Nurses Training - Graduation
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                    • Date Created: 1944
                    • Description: This photo appears in the Burlington Free Press of June 7, 1944 (one day after D-Day). In the front row (l.-r.) are: Marjorie Malbourne, Gertrude Valyou, Sr. Bisson (Superintendent of Nurses, Fanny Allen Hospital), Lorraine Barber, Lorraine Dion. Back row (l.-r.): Barbara McNeil, Bernadette Daly, Doritt Rylant, Alfreda Moreau, Ruby Story, Kathleen McNally, and Margaret Rice. Photo #2?
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Trinity College - Graduation
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                      • Date Created: 1949
                      • Description: 1949 photo of large group of Trinity College graduates, assembled perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #9.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs