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: 1945
    • Description: 1943 indoor photo of four women and an infant, very likely three or four generations of the family. See also mcalB14F14i08.
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      • Date Created: circa 1947
      • Description: Ca. 1947 indoor photo, slightly overexposed, of a couple and their two young sons.
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        • Date Created: 1947-1948
        • Description: 1947 or 1948 winter photo of a young couple with their dog outside the front stoop at 52 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vt. Rooms lent in the 1940s by Mrs. Lydia M. Harte.
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          • Date Created: 1948
          • Description: 1948 family portrait photo taken in their home with Christmas tree in background. See also mcalB14F05i07 for the young girl in same setting holding a cat.
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            • Date Created: 1949-1950
            • Description: 1949 or 1950 multi generational family portrait photo in living room with Christmas tree. A mask face clown doll sits on the floor to the far left.
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              • Date Created: 1952
              • Description: 1952 indoor photo of couple with infant (grandparents and grandchild?). Florid interior design.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits, children, unidentified
              Portraits, children, unidentified
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                • Description: Nine youth pose for a group photo. Five children (three boys and two girls) sit on a couch. The two girls wear matching dresses. Behind the couch three older boys stand. The youngest child (a boy) sits on the back of the couch. A picture of Christ hangs on the wall behind the youth.
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                Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
                Portraits, families, unidentified
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                  • Description: A man, woman and four teen and school age children stand near a table laid out with china dinnerware. The boys wear suit jackets as does the man. The woman and young lady are nicely attired in dresses.
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                  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 a field with a horse and a number of buildings behind them. See same family group in mcalA09F12i34 and mcalA15F02i31, i32, i33, i35
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                    Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
                    Portraits, families, unidentified
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                      • Description: A man, his wife and two children stand outside their house. The same man appears in mcalA09F12i44 holding a carved wooden chain. He is missing his left hand. See also mcalA15F02i12
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs