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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Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: Summer, 1937 photo of the Alex Colodny residence, 155 North Prospect St. The chimney displays a large decorative "C."
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses -Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of a porch. A pilaster is missing from one side of the door. The bricks are a lighter color where it was. Its matching piece is still in place on the left side.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses -Unidentified
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- Description: Christ the King Rectory located at 43 Shelburne Road (Route 7) near corner of Locust Street, Burlington, Vt. Christ the King School seen to the left in background.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 photo of a home with an enclosed front porch along an unpaved country dirt road. Adirondack style chair seen on the lawn.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: Another view of a building's foundation seen covered with snow. Dated 1951.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Kamp Kill Kare
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- Date Created: 1957-1958
- Description: Group portrait of staff at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated 1957 / 1958. Photo #5.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Knights of Columbus
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- Date Created: circa 1940s
- Description: 1940s Knights of Columbus event. Priests in attendance. One receives a piece of paper (certificate, check?) from a lady.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Knights of Columbus
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- Date Created: circa 1940s
- Description: 1940s Knights of Columbus event. Priests stand behind the head meal table decorated with a bouquet of tulips and at which several ladies are seated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
McLure's Student Band, Groton, VT
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 photo of McLure's Student Band, Groton, Vermont standing on the steps of the Burlington City Hall in Burlington. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Machinery
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- Description: Interior photo of a machine room.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs