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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Weddings
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of a war bride and groom, best man (?), and parents standing outside in front of a house. Groom is in naval uniform. Photo 2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Class Reunions
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- Description: Class of 1920 at their 30th (or 31st) reunion, assembled on the UVM Green with Williams Science Hall in the background (left).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Class Reunions
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- Description: Class of 1932, assembled near the Waterman Building. Probably a 1957 photo of their 25th reunion.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Class Reunions
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- Description: (Duplicate of mcalA18F11i18) Reunion of University of Vermont Class of 1907, taken in 1957 at their 50th reunion. Ferdinand H. Pease (2nd row, 3rd from left) is shown giving the reunion address to his class in the alumni magazine (July, 1957). Waterman building in background.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
War Bond Campaign
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of several men standing in front of a Railway Express Agency (REA) truck while one points at publicity for the 3rd War Bond campaign. Identity of men unknown, but they are very likely administrators and employees of REA, which had headquarters at 111 St. Paul St., Burlington.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Weddings
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of a war bride and groom standing outside in front of a house. Groom is in naval uniform. Photo 3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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- Description: Undated photo of interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
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- Description: Photo of a house with an enclosed upper story porch. Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT. See also mcalA11F16i12
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 snowy view of the construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs