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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145 Burlington (Vt.). 132 Buildings. 113 Architectural photography. 63 Housing. 61 Portrait photography. 60 Street photography. 41 Family. 41 Interior architecture. 31 Construction projects. 29 House furnishings. 27 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 27 Women. 25 University of Vermont. 24 Children. 19 Men. 18 Brides. 17 Bridegrooms. 16 College students. 16 Greek letter societies. 15 Young women. 13 Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.). 13 Weddings. 11 Shelburne (Vt.). 10 Animals. 10 Marriage. 9 Business. 9 Landscape photography. 8 Girls. 7 Furniture. 6 Automobiles. 6 Cake. 6 Museums. 6 Street signs. 5 Christmas greens. 5 Colchester (Vt.). 5 Dolls. 5 Soldiers. 5 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Boys. 4 First communion. 4 Shelburne Museum. 4 Toys. 3 Chairs. 3 Reunions. 2 Circus performers. 2 Construction workers. 2 Flowers. 2 Infants. 2 Mobile homes. 2 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Young men. 1 Banners. 1 Billboards. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Church buildings. 1 Costume. 1 Employees. 1 Factories. 1 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 1 Gardens. 1 High school students. 1 Hospitals. 1 Hotels. 1 Machinery. 1 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 1 Rifles. 1 Robert Hull Fleming Museum. 1 Service stations. 1 Snowplows. 1 Tractors. 1 Trucks. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 1 Winooski (Vt.). 1 Women veterans. 1 Woodwork.

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Miniature of Houses - Unidentified
Houses - Unidentified
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    • Description: A two story brick home with a pitched slate roof and dormer centrally placed. Wood panel shutters are seen on the upper story windows. There is a small portico entry with Doric columns at the front door with sidelights. Large evergreen trees surround the grounds. No. 101 is on the right porch column. Location unknown. Same house mcalA11F16i09 & i39.
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    Miniature of Houses - Unidentified
    Houses - Unidentified
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      • Description: 352 So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. First listed in the 1928 city directory with the name John R. Forville.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Houses - Unidentified
      Houses - Unidentified
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        • Description: View from 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont, McAllister's home. Winter back yard scene with fencing, clothes reel with clothes on the line.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
        Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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          • Description: A fireplace in an abandoned building.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
          Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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            • Description: A fireplace in an abandoned building.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
            Portraits, families, unidentified
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              • Description: A father holds his young son as he sits next to his wife in a living room. See mcalA15F01i11 for the same setting but with an older couple.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Queen City Park, So. Burlington
              Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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                • Description: A large elegant building in Queen City Park, So. Burlington, Vermont is shaded by elm and other trees in this summer time photo. Open porches are seen on each end of the building. Canvas canopies on the porch on the right can provide shade from the sun.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
                Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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                  • Date Created: 1938-10-19
                  • Description: October 19, 1938. City street dept crew work on resurfacing the road.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
                  Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
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                    • Description: Undated but most likely late 1920s or early 1930s. No trolley tracks are seen on this view of Pearl Street looking west at the intersection of Pearl and Elmwood Ave. Detailed information on this photo can be seen on UVM's Historic Burlington Project, Burlington, Vermont, South of Pearl Street photographs from 1930s 1940s.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
                    Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
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                      • Date Created: 1938-10-10
                      • Description: October 10, 1938. Intersection of So. Union (at the left), Pearl St (running left to right across the photo) and No. Union (on the right). The building to the left at the corner of Pearl and So Union is 233 Pearl St. Homes and American elm trees line the street. City street dept work at the corner of Pearl and No. Union.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs