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.
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McAllister Portraits
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- Description: A formal portrait of Louis McAllister dressed in tuxedo, stand up collar shirt and bow tie. He was a 50 year member of the Webster Masonic Lodge in Winooski, Vermont and wears a lapel pin. He appears older here than in the other formal portraits. Undated.
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McAllister Portraits
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- Description: A formal portrait of Louis McAllister dressed in tuxedo, stand up collar shirt and bow tie. May be late 1940s.
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McAllister Portraits
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- Description: Commerical photographer Louis L. McAllister seen seated in the Cathedral High School gym with his camera on tripod during one of his many photo shoots of the students. Undated but may be 1950s.
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McAllister Portraits with Foxes
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- Description: A man holds several fox furs as he stands next to an automobile. Photo taken at 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Undated but may be 1930s and later.
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McAllister Portraits with Foxes
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- Description: A man sits on the running board of an automobile. Behind him are strung several fox furs. May have been taken at McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Undated but may be 1930s and later.
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McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: A family group photo of a man, woman and young girl. Nephew of L. L. McAllister, nephew's wife and young daughter (McAllister's grand niece, Joanne Raymond).
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Burlington High School Track Team
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- Description: Group portrait of boys track team seated outside. Team's coach is in the center of the photo in suit and tie.
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Burlington Streets: Scarff Ave.
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- Description: Undated photograph of the paving project on Scarff Ave.
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Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
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- Date Created: 1955-06-16
- Description: June 16, 1955. Construction of S.S. Kresge Company department store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. W. C. Calhoun, supt. Workmen are seen within cement block constructed upper story. Steel beams stretch across above. View is looking west. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is to the center right. The Cathedral School is background center and continues to the left.
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Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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- Description: Undated but probably 1955. Most likely the occasion of the grand reopening after the remodeling project of the S. S. Kresge Company department store on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Seen here are officials, family members and store employees at the ribbon cutting ceremony.
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