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 Stores - S.S. Kresge (Burlington, VT)
Stores - S.S. Kresge (Burlington, VT)
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    • Date Created: 1958
    • Description: 47-55 Church Street: Interior of store and display of hardware and painting supplies.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
    Trinity College - Groups
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      • Date Created: 1949
      • Description: 1949 Trinity College students in a lab course, using microscopes. Instructor perhaps the woman on left in daisy print dress.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Stores - Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Burlington, VT)
      Stores - Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Burlington, VT)
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        • Date Created: 1944
        • Description: 35-37 Church Street: Interior of Sears Roebuck, in the hardware and garden department. Man standing next to seed display is giving a presentation, either for training purposes or as general instruction.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
        Trinity College - Groups
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          • Date Created: 1949
          • Description: 1949 Trinity College students in the science laboratory in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Instructor (?) can be seen on the left. Photo #12?
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Stores - S.S. Kresge (Burlington, VT)
          Stores - S.S. Kresge (Burlington, VT)
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            • Date Created: 1958
            • Description: 47-55 Church Street: Interior of store and display of hardware and painting supplies.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs