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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580 Portrait photography. 461 Women. 197 Burlington (Vt.). 75 Family. 70 Buildings. 64 Restaurants. 62 Children. 58 Employees. 52 Colchester (Vt.). 47 Business. 44 Soldiers. 43 Interior architecture. 41 Veterans. 36 University of Vermont. 36 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 33 Priests. 28 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 24 Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.). 22 Armed Forces -- Officers. 22 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 20 College students. 20 House furnishings. 19 Bowling. 19 Church buildings. 19 Dwellings. 18 Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.). 18 Camps. 18 Grand Isle (Vt.). 17 Camping. 17 Fraternal Order of Eagles. 16 Athletics. 15 Machinery. 14 Urban parks. 13 Boys. 13 Winooski (Vt.). 12 Automobiles. 12 Christmas greens. 12 Landscape photography. 12 Young women. 11 Gymnasiums. 11 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 11 Offices. 11 Salvation Army. 10 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 10 Knights of Columbus. 10 Young men. 9 Animals. 9 Banners. 9 Camp Holy Cross (Vt.). 9 Choirs (Music). 9 Horses. 8 Costume. 8 Infants. 8 Middlebury (Vt.). 8 Nuns. 7 Battery Park (Vt.). 7 Flag raising and lowering. 7 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 7 Middlebury College. 7 Musical groups. 7 Radio broadcasters. 7 Radio stations. 7 Santa Claus. 7 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 6 Actors. 6 Architectural photography. 6 Cavalry. 6 Circus performers. 6 Construction projects. 6 Reunions. 6 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 6 Trucks. 6 Weddings. 5 Advertising. 5 Auditoriums. 5 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Burlington International Airport. 5 Cake. 5 Chapels. 5 Choruses. 5 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Cows. 5 Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.). 5 Montpelier (Vt.). 5 Musicians. 5 Painting. 5 Railroad tracks. 5 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 4 Airplanes. 4 Barns. 4 Brides. 4 Bridges. 4 Class reunions. 4 Fishes. 4 Furniture. 4 General Electric Company. 4 Girls. 4 Greek letter societies. 4 Military weapons. 4 Stores, Retail. 4 Vermont Governor. 4 Wills, William H. 1882-1946. 4 Women veterans. 3 Bands (Music). 3 Boats and boating. 3 Champlain, Lake. 3 Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). 3 Classrooms. 3 Construction workers. 3 Convenience stores. 3 Department stores. 3 Dolls. 3 Essex Junction (Vt.). 3 Factories. 3 Farms. 3 Marriage. 3 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 3 Railroad trains. 3 School children. 3 Service stations. 3 Street photography. 3 Theaters. 3 Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.). 2 Baseball. 2 Beauty operators. 2 Blackface entertainers. 2 Boy Scouts. 2 Bridegrooms. 2 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 2 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Buses. 2 Cavalry horses. 2 Champlain Transportation Company. 2 College graduates. 2 Dairying -- Equipment and supplies. 2 Exhibit booths. 2 Exhibitions. 2 Hockey. 2 Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.). 2 Lincoln Inn (Essex Junction, Vt.). 2 Modern Woodmen of America. 2 Museums. 2 Robert Hull Fleming Museum. 2 Shelburne (Vt.). 2 Ships. 2 St. Albans (Vt.). 2 Street-railroad tracks. 2 Students. 1 American Legion. 1 Basketball. 1 Boxing. 1 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.). 1 College teachers. 1 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Flowers. 1 Hardware. 1 High school buildings. 1 High school students. 1 Housing. 1 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Military supplies. 1 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 1 Nurses. 1 Orchestra. 1 Plants. 1 Rifle practice. 1 Shelburne Shipyard, Inc. 1 Stoves. 1 Trailers. 1 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Vermont Transit Company. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 1 Volleyball. 1 Winooski River (Vt.). 1 Woodwork.

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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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    • Description: A large group of diners gather at tables for a meal. The tables are arranged along the walls of a narrow multi-room area. It appears that folding doors separate the rooms. A head table is seen in the distance. See also mcalA15F04i02
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
    Portraits, groups, unidentified
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      • Description: Fourteen men gather near an outdoor camp fire on a rock slope. Two large boulders can be seen. A large rocky ledge is in the background.See also mcalA15F09i27.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of UVM Groups
      UVM Groups
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        • Description: Large assembly, perhaps a commencement gathering, in the campus gymnasium, which is now the Royall Tyler Theatre (identified by the large arched windows facing south). Event and date of photo unknown, but ladies hat styles have a decidedly late 1920s-early 1930s look.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of University of Vermont R.O.T.C. Band
        University of Vermont R.O.T.C. Band
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          • Date Created: 1930
          • Description: 1930 photo of the University of Vermont R.O.T.C. Infantry Battalion Band standing in front of the Ira Allen Chapel on the UVM campus. Joseph F. Lechnyr (d. 1959), longtime director of music ensembles in Burlington and Middlebury, is conductor. Mc2 seen in lower right corner indicating the photographer's numbering system. Photo was also numbered No.2 and available for sale for 50 cents.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Veterans of Foreign Wars
          Veterans of Foreign Wars
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            • Description: A group of older men and one older woman gather for a group portrait. She wears a corsage, several of the men wear their organization's caps. A pin on one man's shirt reads "D.A.V." (Disabled American Veterans) Photo no. 2. See also mcalB08F03i02
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
            Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
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              • Date Created: 1935/1936
              • Description: 1935 / 1936 photo of a Chevrolet car dealership with employees standing out front. Could this be Shearer located in Burlington on S. Winooski Ave?
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Boxers: Unidentified
              Boxers: Unidentified
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                • Description: Fall-Spring 1930s-1940s Five male boxers pose for a group portrait.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Boy and Cub Scouts
                Boy and Cub Scouts
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                  • Description: Winter, Spring. Boy Scouts. 1945-1956 Four men seated at a small table. The American flag and another flag are on each side of them. One man is a priest. A brick wall is behind them.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Business Enterprises - C-D
                  Business Enterprises - C-D
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                    • Description: 1935/1936 photo of a railroad freight car and workmen with a load of Pabst Export Beer for the M. & F. C. Dorn Co, Inc. a bottling company located in the 1940s at 266 Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Business Enterprises - C-D
                    Business Enterprises - C-D
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                      • Description: Close-up of the 1935/1936 photo of a railroad freight car and workmen with a load of Pabst Export Beer for the M. & F. C. Dorn Co, Inc. a bottling company located in the 1940s at 266 Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs