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.
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Construction Sites
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- Description: 1946/1947 photo of a construction site of a large building. Lumber and other building materials piled on the ground.
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Construction Sites
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- Description: 1950 photo of a building construction site. Wooden scaffolding surrounds the building. Brick facade and upper levels taking shape.
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Construction Sites: CA Congdon at Pine St. Chimney Construction
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- Description: September 11, 1953 photo of another view of construction site with C.A. Congdon Construction on Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont doing chimney construction.
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Construction Sites: CA Congdon at Pine St. Chimney Construction
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- Description: 1946/1947 photo of a photo tacked to a surface. This is a construction site with C.A. Congdon Construction on Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont doing chimney construction. Shown here is a concrete and cement block foundation with wood supports.
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Construction Sites: CA Congdon at Pine St. Chimney Construction
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- Description: 1946/1947 photo of construction site with C.A. Congdon Construction on Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont with chimney stack now erect. See also mcalB07F33i28, mcalB07F34i05-08
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Dairy Equipment
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- Description: 1945 photo of a book page showing a photograph of diary equipment. Shown here milk samplers.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: 1951 photo of young tap dancers posing for their portrait. Photo 2.
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Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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- Description: 1946/1947 photo of a group of nurses standing outside on steps. Photo #8.
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Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
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- Description: 1945-1952 Three male and three female BHS cheerleaders in uniform on the steps outside of the high school building (Edmunds)
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Farms
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of a young man using a hoe and working in a large newly planted crop field.
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