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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    • Date Created: 1958
    • Description: 1958 indoor photo (dated elsewhere as 1947: see mcalB14F26i05) of a couple with their young child.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
    Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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      • Date Created: 1949
      • Description: 1949 portrait photo of a group of people along with two young boys gathered outside a home. Several baskets of flowers are lined up in front of them. Photo #1.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
      Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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        • Date Created: 1958
        • Description: An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in a field in front of a large evergreen tree. See same family group in mcalA09F12i34 and mcalA15F02i31, i32, i33, i34, i35
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
        Trinity College - Groups
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          • Date Created: 1951
          • Description: 1951. Outdoor photo on steps of Mann Hall of a large group of children with mothers and caregivers, very likely part of Trinity College's interest in early childhood development and early diagnosis of developmental disorders. Children's Day? Photo #4.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Weddings
          Weddings
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            • Date Created: 1949
            • Description: 1949 wedding couple and family outside in front of house on lawn. See also mcalB22F11i06, mcalB22F11i10
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of McAllister Memorabilia
            McAllister Memorabilia
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              • Description: A well dressed woman poses for a formal studio portrait with a young girl, probably her daughter. Woman also appears in other photos in this collection e.g. mcalA12F13i3 and i5. Woman 2nd or 3rd wife of McAllister's father?
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of McAllister Memorabilia
              McAllister Memorabilia
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                • Description: Formal family studio portrait with man sporting a mutton chops style beard (McAllister's father?), a seated woman and two children; one being an infant in the woman's lap. Photo identified as being from the studio of James Nelson of Fullerton and Cedar Rapids, Nebraska. Woman on the right also appears in other photos in this collection e.g. mcalA12F13i3 and i4.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
                Portraits, families, unidentified
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                  • Description: A family portrait of an unidentified man and woman of the Salvation Army and five children. See also mcalA15F02i05 and i07, and mcalA16F01i32
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
                  Portraits, families, unidentified
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                    • Description: An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in front of a wood frame clapboard house. Three children kneel on a toboggan. Same family group also seen in mcalA09F12i34, mcalA15F02i30, i31, i32, i34, i35
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Weddings
                    Weddings
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                      • Description: Members of a wedding celebration seen the same art deco decorated location as in mcalA15F05i20. A young boy sits in front wearing knickers. Photo #1.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs