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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Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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- Description: A woman wears a long dress and stands in the corner of a living room in front of a curtained window; perhaps her home. See the same woman in a different dress also in mcalA16F01i05, i06, i08
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Road Construction
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- Date Created: 1933-07-12
- Description: July 12, 1933. View of a residential street in Burlington.
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Webb Estate - Trophy Room (Shelburne, VT) later in Shelburne Museum
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- Description: View of the Webb estate trophy room with cooking hearth, mounted kitchen utensils, wall mounted stuffed wild animal heads, firearms, birds, skins, animal skin rugs, trestle table with benches and other comfortable sitting area furnishings.
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Burlington Streets: Adams St.
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- Description: Undated photograph of a residence at 48 Adams Street
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Burlington Streets: Institute Road
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- Date Created: 1946-04-11
- Description: April 11, 1946 Institute Road - Rock Excavation Street Widening Project. This view taken from the intersection of the road leading to Bishop Hopkins Hall looking easterly toward North Ave. shows the appearance of Institute Road after all rock excavation and widening had been completed ready for the earth fill to be placed on the shoulders.
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Burlington Streets: Lakeside Ave
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- Date Created: 1945-12-11 00:00:00
- Description: December 11, 1945. City of Burlington, Vermont, Street Department Lakeside Ave. Pavement Base Construction This view was taken from a point near the intersection of Central Ave. looking easterly toward the underpass. Note that the temporary wearing surface had been constructed for the base after the work of mixing and stabilizing the base had been completed as shown in the picture under date of Dec. 5, 1945. This stage of construction was done to enable the street to be used during the winter and early spring without experiencing the troubles of early spring break-up of the old dirt and cinder street. The pavement will be completed in the summer of 1946. Note the crushed stone base placed in the driveway after regrading to meet new grades. To the left in background is the Blodgett Co.
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Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: Occupants sit or stand on their front porches of the double entry shingle sided three story house with gambrel roof and dormer. To the right is a balcony with ivy. Location and date unknown but may be early 20th century.
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Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: "The Birches" is lettered over the doorway to the right of the open porch at ground level. This porch has tree log supports and railings. Six over six window panes can be seen in the windows. It has a pitched roof and a central chimney. There is an enclosed upper level porch. See also mcalB09F22i01
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Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: 42 Summit Street, Burlington, Vt. Two story brick building with pitched roof with two chimneys. There is a semi circular portico entry way with Doric columns. The front door has an overhead fanlight and sidelights. The surrounding ground is not landscaped which might suggest this is newly built. Undated.
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Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: A young girl dressed for her first communion seen here in what may be a private home's living room.
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