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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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1956-1957
- Description: Independent Order of Odd Fellows? 150 Bank Street, Burlington?
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1957-1958
- Description: 1957 or 1958 photo of what may be a high school vocational workshop class. Adult instructor stands to the far left while boys work the woodworking machines.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Undated group portrait photo of women of various ages formally dressed gathered in a club or public space. A jute box and piano in background on a stage. An American and another flag also seen. Nursery school images of baby animals attached to back wall. Photo 1.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 portrait photo of a woman seated at an office desk using a typewriter. Many papers on her desk; one reads "WCAX schedules."
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 portrait photo of a woman wearing a coat standing on a dirt path in a large formal flower garden with fountain. Same woman as in mcalB16F12i07, mcalB16F12i08, mcalB16F12i09.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Another image of young girl seated at a piano in a living room with fireplace.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of a marsh landscape and a young boy on a raft in a pond. See another view in mcalB16F13i10.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 outdoor photo of an older man seated on a pinto horse.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Two portrait photos of a woman seated. Dated 1944.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of a group of women, most of whom are wearing hats. Affiliation is unknown but very likely social, charitable, etc.
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