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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Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: A group of men and women [French Summer School faculty] assembled on benches outside nearby building on Middlebury College campus in Middlebury, Vermont. Photo 4.
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Middlebury College - Groups
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- Description: Group of men and women [French Summer School faculty] assembled standing and sitting on a bench outside one of the Middlebury College campus buildings. Photo 5.
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Middlebury College - Groups
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- Description: Same group [French Summer School faculty] as mcalA13F09i13. Group of men and women assembled standing and sitting on benches outside one of the Middlebury College campus buildings. Photo 4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo outside on the front steps. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Formal portrait photo of a woman seated wearing an net like open weave tunic with fringe, wrist watch, pearl necklace and may be a Shriner's or Masonic pin. Undated but may be 1920s or earlier. Is this Cora May McAllister?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Another pose of a formal photo portrait of L. L. McAllister's nephew. He wears a tweed jacket, white shirt, tie and sweater vest. Undated
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McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Group photo of McAllister's nephew, his wife and daughter (McAllister's grandniece, Joanne Raymond) with collie dog. They appear in other photos in the collection. Location is the backyard of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Direction looking west.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Jeep style car parked in the drive way of 47 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington, Vermont; the home of L. L. McAllister. Collie dog seen in the extreme right background. The name sign board McAllister is partially seen on the porch.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Date Created: 1950-11-07
- Description: November 7, 1950. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc. Upper most story with framing in place.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951-08
- Description: August 1951. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs