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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Miniature of Weddings
Weddings
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    • Date Created: 1949
    • Description: 1949 wedding couple cutting their wedding cake inside what may be a private home with a dining table full of food.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Weddings
    Weddings
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      • Date Created: 1956-08-25
      • Description: August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. begin to cut into their wedding cake at the wedding reception. They are in Fellowship Hall on the ground floor of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The heavy wooden sliding doors with windows behind them closed off the chapel. Betty was a member of the church. Photo #8.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Girl Scouts
      Girl Scouts
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        • Description: Girls Scouts Birthday Party celebration with scouts gathered for the event. Cake seen to the far left. Members from troops 27, 31, 32, 41 present. Photo #3.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits - Family
        Portraits - Family
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          • Date Created: 1949-1950
          • Description: 1949 or 1950 wedding anniversary photo of an older couple standing at a table laid out with silver tea service, cups and sandwiches. A tiered cake is center. Photo #2.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Girl Scouts
          Girl Scouts
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            • Description: Girl Scouts gather around a birthday cake in celebration of the Scouts birthday. This may be a March event as the 12th is the date celebrated as the founding of the scouts by Juliette Gordon Low.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Portraits - Children (Parties)
            Portraits - Children (Parties)
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              • Date Created: 1947
              • Description: 1947 first birthday portrait photo of a little girl with her cake.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Weddings
              Weddings
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                • Date Created: 1956-08-25
                • Description: August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. begin to cut into their wedding cake at the wedding reception. They are in Fellowship Hall on the ground floor of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The heavy wooden sliding doors with windows behind them closed off the chapel. Betty was a member of the church.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Girl Scouts
                Girl Scouts
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                  • Description: Four Girl Scouts, in uniform, and matron cutting layer cake which has written on it: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts. Photo #2.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Girl Scouts
                  Girl Scouts
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                    • Description: Portrait of Girl Scout troops celebrating birthday of the Girl Scouts. Cake and wrapped boxes are apparent. One girl in center wears paper crown on which it says "Queen." Members of troops 27, 31, 32, and 41 present. Photo #3.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
                    Portraits, families, unidentified
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                      • Description: A 50th wedding anniversary photo of a man and woman with a table behind and tiered cake decorated with the number 50 and a decoration on the top. Behind the couple appears to be a theatrical stage curtain with a street scene upon it. An American flag is to the far left.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs