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 UVM - Class Reunions
UVM - Class Reunions
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    • Description: Class of 1933 reunion group gathered in front of the Waterman Building at their 25th reunion. Photo appears in the July 1958 edition of the Vermont Alumni Quarterly. Photo #2.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
    Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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      • Date Created: 1950s
      • Description: Mid 1950s outdoor photo of an older man and wife with perhaps their grown children. Family celebration or reunion? Photo #5?
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of UVM Groups
      UVM Groups
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        • Description: Undated photo of banquet in the old gymnasium (which is now the Physical Plant building and Royall Tyler Theatre), held probably on a reunion weekend or at graduation. Floor seems to be a hard dirt surface.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of UVM - Class Reunions
        UVM - Class Reunions
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          • Description: Class of 1908 gathered in front of Waterman Building at their 50th reunion. Photo appears in July, 1958 alumni quarterly. Men in front are holding a cake, a trophy cup, and wearing special caps (perhaps reminiscing about Kake Walk?). Photo #1?
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
          Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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            • Date Created: undated
            • Description: Another exposure of more of the group as seen in mcalB16F09i02. Family celebration or reunion?
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
            Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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              • Date Created: 1956-1957
              • Description: More inclusive outdoor portrait group of adults and children. See mcalB16F09i01 for smaller select group of same family. Dated mid 1950s. Photo #2.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Middlebury College - Summer School Groups - Unidentified
              Middlebury College - Summer School Groups - Unidentified
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                • Description: Large group gathered outside Forest Hall at Middlebury College. Occasion is very likely the reunion of several classes. Dated 1960.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Portraits - Family
                Portraits - Family
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                  • Date Created: 1935-1936
                  • Description: Mid-1930s outdoor photo of perhaps three family generations, with 6 women and 9 men. Varied array of men's suits, footwear, etc. One man wears knickers.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of UVM - Fraternities - Sigma Nu
                  UVM - Fraternities - Sigma Nu
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                    • Description: Gathering of Sigma Nu members outside the house (or "lodge," as listed in the city directory) at 57 [So.] Williams St., Burlington, Vt. The mix of ages suggests a reunion of alums and perhaps current members. A lone woman appears in the front row, center. Dated 1947 (1949?). Photo #1.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
                    Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                      • Date Created: 1956-1957
                      • Description: Mid 1950s outdoor portrait photo of a group of children and adults. Family celebration or reunion?
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs