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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Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Knowledge is...") seen in the back.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduations - Unidentified
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- Description: South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington with portion of class slogan ("No Victory ...") seen behind. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of graduates in cap and gown assembled outside for a group portrait along with an older man.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of graduates in cap and gown assembled outside for a group portrait along with an older man.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 photo of graduates in cap and gown assembled outside for a group portrait. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of a very small group of graduates in cap and gown assembled outside for a group portrait along with an older man.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950s photo of house at 57 North Winooski Ave, Burlington at the corner of Grant Street.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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- Description: 45 So. Willard Street and 134 Buell Street. Three story clapboard house at the intersection of Buell St. and So. Willard St., Burlington, Vermont as the street sign states. The Buell St entrance is at the stairs seen at the far left.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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- Description: 45 So. Willard Street and 134 Buell Street. Three story clapboard house at the intersection of Buell St. and So. Willard St., Burlington, Vermont as the street sign states. The Buell St entrance is at the stairs seen at the far left.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs