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 line of seven men and women [Russian Summer School faculty] standing on the lawn outside one of the buildings on Middlebury campus in Middlebury, Vermont. Photo 5.
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Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: Group of men and women [Spanish Summer School faculty] assembled on the steps of Pearsons Hall on Middlebury College campus in Middlebury, Vermont. Photo 4.
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Musical Ensembles
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- Description: Cathedral High School band and baton twirlers with drum major assembled on stage under the direction of Dr. Joseph Lechnyr, top right. Location may be at the school or elsewhere in Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Photo #37.
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Odd Fellows
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- Description: Members of the Odd Fellows assembled for a group portrait. Location may be lodge on North Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Undated.
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Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: Four children pose by their Christmas tree in the living room of their home. The two children seated on the floor each hold a toy; a metal spinning top and a doll. The boy standing in the back holds the family dog and the older girl proudly wears her "poodle" skirt with Scottie. See also mcalB14F10i03
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Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: Sunday School for a group of children engaged in cutting construction paper and working on a project. Taken in a building on Orchard Terrace, known as "The Pilgrim House", purchased by the First Congregational Church for Sunday School use. House demolished in 1960s to make way for new addition to the church. The children sit at tables. A woman leans over the children also helping with the cutting. The floor is carpeted, the blinds drawn at the two windows in the back. One little boy kneels near a doll house. Photo #9. See also mcalA14F16i31.
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: An older man and woman pose for a portrait photo outside 270 Pearl Street in Burlington, Vermont that has an enclosed porch. She sits in a wooden chair with armrests. He stands beside and slightly behind wearing a three piece suit and tie and may be longtime Burlington resident, Frederick A. Deyette. He is listed in the Burlington City Directory as residing at No. 270 from 1908 to 1946 or 1947. A wooden sign reading "Tourists" is seen at the corner of the building. See also mcalA15F02i20
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: A man and woman pose for a photo against a bold leaf patterned wallpaper. A television set is seen behind on what appears to be a bamboo stand.
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: Five women and one man stand around the stone steps leading to a clapboard sided building. They are in dress clothes. Location and date unknown.
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: A man and woman hold hands as they sit outside for their portrait.
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