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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Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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- Date Created: 1934-08
- Description: Cavalry Reserve Officers Artillery Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. August 1934. Group of standing and seated military with row of parked automobiles behind them. Photo #13.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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- Description: Group of military men with horse drawn equipment in front of abandoned orchard. Photo No. 10. Sale price 3 for $1.00.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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- Description: Portrait of military men wearing hats and coats with artillery camouflaged by vegetation.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Gas Stations
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- Description: North Winooski and Grant Burlington. Tydol gas station and elm trees.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Gas Stations
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- Description: Socony, Standard Oil of New York, gas filling station with sign "Jeff's." View from the left side of mcalA11F08i10.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Heineberg Bridge (old)
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- Description: Undated photograph of the old Heineberg Bridge.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Heineberg Bridge (old)
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- Date Created: 1935-02-16
- Description: Photograph dated 2-16-35. Original caption reads: Heineberg Bridge looking north from the point a few feet southerly of the Burlington approach.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Circus People
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- Description: Portrait photo of a man of the circus, with who may be his wife and child. The man may be afflicted with a form of Elephant man disease. May be 1940s-50s at the Champlain Valley Fair. See also mcalA14F16i09
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Congregational Church, First
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- Description: Exterior photograph of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont located on So. Winooski Avenue. Date unknown but may be 1950s.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Congregational Church, First - Groups
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- Description: Rev. George Lawrence addresses a group of church youth arranged in a semi-circle in one of the downstairs meeting rooms. Undated but may be 1950s.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs