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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569 Portrait photography. 461 Men. 185 Burlington (Vt.). 119 Children. 111 Family. 65 Restaurants. 55 Interior architecture. 54 Buildings. 48 House furnishings. 36 Women veterans. 35 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 34 Grand Isle (Vt.). 33 University of Vermont. 31 Colchester (Vt.). 30 Nurses. 29 Girls. 29 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 28 Priests. 27 Dwellings. 24 Nuns. 23 Veterans. 22 Employees. 21 Camps. 21 Church buildings. 21 Young women. 20 Business. 20 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 19 Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.). 19 Fanny Allen Hospital. 19 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 19 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 16 Camping. 16 Circus performers. 15 Boys. 15 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 15 Offices. 14 Banners. 14 Christmas greens. 14 Infants. 14 Worship programs. 12 Salvation Army. 12 Urban parks. 11 Santa Claus. 10 College students. 10 Costume. 10 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Cake. 9 Chapels. 9 Choirs (Music). 9 Furniture. 9 Gymnasiums. 9 Horses. 9 School children. 9 Winooski (Vt.). 8 Flowers. 8 Middlebury (Vt.). 8 Middlebury College. 7 Bowling. 7 Camp Holy Cross (Vt.). 7 Dolls. 7 Flag raising and lowering. 7 Soldiers. 6 Auditoriums. 6 Gardens. 5 Actors. 5 Architectural photography. 5 Automobiles. 5 Battery Park (Vt.). 5 Beauty operators. 5 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Classrooms. 5 Landscape photography. 5 Museums. 5 Radio stations. 5 Reunions. 5 Students. 5 Weddings. 5 Young men. 4 Advertising. 4 Brides. 4 Class reunions. 4 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 4 General Electric Company. 4 Knights of Columbus. 4 Marriage. 4 Montpelier (Vt.). 4 Railroad tracks. 4 Toys. 3 Animals. 3 Chairs. 3 Essex Junction (Vt.). 3 Factories. 3 Hospitals. 3 Modern Woodmen of America. 3 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 3 Robert Hull Fleming Museum. 3 St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Statues. 3 Stores, Retail. 3 Street photography. 3 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 3 Theaters. 3 Vermont Governor. 3 Wills, William H. 1882-1946. 2 Bands (Music). 2 Blackface entertainers. 2 Boats and boating. 2 Boy Scouts. 2 Bridegrooms. 2 Buses. 2 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Choruses. 2 Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Rutland, Vt.). 2 Convenience stores. 2 Department stores. 2 Exhibit booths. 2 Greek letter societies. 2 Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.). 2 Lincoln Inn (Essex Junction, Vt.). 2 Machinery. 2 Musicians. 2 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 2 Radio -- Receivers and reception. 2 St. Albans (Vt.). 2 Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.). 1 American Legion. 1 Athletics. 1 Bridges. 1 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Cafeterias. 1 Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Cavalry horses. 1 Cavalry. 1 Dance recitals. 1 Dance. 1 Exhibitions. 1 Farms. 1 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Fraternal Order of Eagles. 1 Girl Scouts. 1 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 1 Parades. 1 Radio actors and actresses. 1 Radio broadcasters. 1 Railroad trains. 1 Refrigerators. 1 Rifles. 1 Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.). 1 Shelburne (Vt.). 1 Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States. 1 Tap dancers. 1 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 1 Volleyball. 1 Winooski River (Vt.).

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    • Description: A clergyman stands center surrounded by several older women dressed in evening gowns adorned with corsages. They all gather around a table covered with an elegant crocheted table cloth and set with what appears to be a silver tea / coffee service. A stage is seen behind.
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      • Description: A group of women (and two men) pose with a large banner reading "We're the "top" in Supt. Sinnamon's territory." They are gathered outside on what looks like a commercial building's flat roof top. See also mcalA15F05i01. Photo #1.
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      Portraits, groups, unidentified
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        • Description: A group of men and women gather outside for a group photo.
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        Miniature of Veterans of Foreign Wars
        Veterans of Foreign Wars
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          • Description: Photo of a presentation of two oxygen tanks and other equipment in a container. Banner in the background reads "Ladies Auxiliary Howard Plant, Post No. 782, Burlington, Vermont, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States" Instituted June 1924.
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          Miniature of Veterans of Foreign Wars
          Veterans of Foreign Wars
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            • Description: A group of men, women and a younger woman gathered for a portrait.
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            American Legion
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              • Description: American Legion meal ; 1945/1947? Photo no. 1.
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              Congregational Church - Choirs
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                • Description: Winter Undated photo of an adult choir of 15 women and 12 men on the altar of the First Congregational Church. Fran Howe, front row, left. Photo #26.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of First Congregational Church - Organizations
                First Congregational Church - Organizations
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                  • Description: Rev. George W. Lawrence (seated center right) meeting in the Stone Room with women's prayer circle. They enjoy refreshments. A portrait painting of Rev. Charles Stanley Jones hangs on the wall. Photo #19.
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                  Miniature of First Congregational Church - Organizations
                  First Congregational Church - Organizations
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                    • Description: Rev. Charles Stanley Jones (standing left) and Rev. George W. Lawrence (right) with other members of the church including Herbert Schultz, Margareta Krueger, Carlton Twitchell, Jeanette Cullins, Julia Smith Salmon, George Merritt. Seated are Betty Ohl(?), Carolyn Carpenter, Ruth Perry, Helen Best, Cora Prior, Betty Kinsley. Photo #20.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                    Girl Scouts
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                      • Description: Girl Scouts present bouquets of flowers to two women as they stand at a table with a birthday cake. This may be a March event as the 12th is the date celebrated as the founding of the scouts by Juliette Gordon Low.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs