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 Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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    • Description: Eastern States Farmers' Exchange of Springfield, Mass. exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Undated. Embossed with McAllister's name lover right corner.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Farms - Haying
    Farms - Haying
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      • Date Created: 1951
      • Description: 1951 photo of farm workers haying. They drive a tractor with a hay wagon behind.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Farms - Haying
      Farms - Haying
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: 1945 photo of a horse drawn plow cutting hay.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
        Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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          • Description: Farmhouse with small attached barn next to a paved road. An automobile is parked in the front yard just off the road. Trees are bare of leaves. There are mountains in the background. Landscape view of home of the man seen in mcalA16F01i34. He and his family seen in mcalA15F02i12
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Machinery
          Machinery
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            • Description: A woman tips a metal bucket to the edge of large metal container whose hose leads to a bulk milk tank at a creamery or dairy farm.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of McAllister Memorabilia
            McAllister Memorabilia
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              • Description: A photo of four mature women and three men posing for a group portrait outside in the summer time. Large farm like buildings are seen behind them. Relatives of McAllister? See also mcalA12F13i45
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Farms - Livestock
              Farms - Livestock
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                • Date Created: 1945
                • Description: 1945 photo of farm chickens feeding outside their coops. Photo #5.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Farms - Haying
                Farms - Haying
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                  • Date Created: 1947
                  • Description: 1947/1948 photo of a hay field with a farmhand driving a tractor and hay cutting machinery.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Farms
                  Farms
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                    • Description: View across a valley showing farms and farm buildings and mountains in the distance. In the foreground is a fence with a picket gate and a stone walk leading up to it.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
                    Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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                      • Description: Farmhouse with small attached barn next to a paved road. An automobile is parked in the front yard just off the road. Trees are bare of leaves. There are mountains in the background. Home of the man seen in mcalA16F01i34
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs