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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Christ the King School - First Communion
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- Description: Christ the King School - First Communion 1958. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation
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- Description: Christ the King School - Graduation 1956/1957. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1956/1957
- Description: Christ the King School - Graduation 1956/1957. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Christ the King School - Graduation 1953.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Church Groups - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of a church choir at Christmas time. Ornate organ pipes seen to the far right. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Civilian Conservation Corps
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- Date Created: 1935/1936
- Description: 1935/1936 photo of an athletic team of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Photo #5.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Construction Sites
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- Description: Undated and unidentified photo but this may be the deck of the Ticonderoga steamboat ferry.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Construction Sites: CA Congdon at Pine St. Chimney Construction
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- Description: 1945 photo of construction workers erecting a chimney stack at a construction site.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Converse Home (for Aged Women)
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- Description: 1935 photo of the Converse Home (for aged women) located at 272 Church Street, Burlington, Vermont with several women seated and standing in a parlor like room. They each wear a hat of one particular style.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals
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- Description: 1952 photo of a large group of young tap dancers in costume along with their dance teacher. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs