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, groups, unidentified
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- Description: A large group of young people along with a few older adults gather at a rustic restaurant(?) for a special meal and event.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Boy scouts and their scout leader seen gathered in a wooded area near a camp like cottage. Also seen are some other men in business suits and women in the background.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Eighteen ladies pose for a group portrait in front of a stage. A religious statue (Jesus?) is on the stage behind them with a flower arrangement. One lady seated center front wears a corsage.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 photo of three ladies wrapping Christmas gifts including Sundial shoes, a baby doll's bassinet and winter coats for children. They sit in a wood paneled room in front of a brick fireplace. Photo #1. See also mcalB15F09i01 for a different exposure of the same women.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: A group of high school students gather for a portrait. The girls are in uniform of a Catholic school; the boys are in suits and ties.
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Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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- Description: A woman wears a long dress and sits in a wooden chair in the corner of a living room in front of a curtained window with potted plants; perhaps her home. A fireplace is seen to the left. See the same woman in a different dress also in mcalA16F01i05, i06, i08
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Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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- Description: An older bearded man sits in an elaborate high back wooden throne like chair with arms. He wears a dark colored skull cap type hat. A large basket of flowers seen to the right. Same unknown location as seen in mcalA15F01i10
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Portraits, Religious Sisters [Nuns], Unidentified
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- Description: Photo of the cast of a stage production presented at Mount St Mary's Academy in Burlington, Vermont. Student Therese Tessier (later Kneen) stands in the second row at the far right.
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Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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- Description: Children and adults enjoy the beach along the shores of Lake Champlain at Queen City Park in South Burlington, Vermont.
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Salvation Army
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- Description: A man and woman of the Salvation Army stand at an insignia draped podium with a Bible. The inscription under the eagle is "Blood & Fire," which represent Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. The ribbon below that says: "The Salvation Army." See also mcalA09F12i35, mcalA15F02i07 and mcalA16F01i32
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