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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Miniature of Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: Window display of Lowe Brothers paints, finishes, and brushes (is this really a Sherwin-Williams store?).
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
    Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: Sherwin-Williams Paints, 152 College St., Burlington, Vt. Innovative window display demonstrates how clear a coating of Lin-X Clear Gloss is.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
      Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: Display of Lin-X and Kem-Tone glosses and finishes.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Stores - Windows - Unidentified
        Stores - Windows - Unidentified
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: "'Coke' Fashions for the Younger Set." Window display with several mannequins wearing, presumably, "Coke" apparel. A cooler with the brand logo, and a case of the product are part of the display. See also mcalB18F30i04.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Stores - Humphrey's (Burlington, VT)
          Stores - Humphrey's (Burlington, VT)
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            • Date Created: 1936
            • Description: Clothing store at 85 Church St., Burlington. Angled-panel window display features men's hats (fedoras) as well as 2 large ads for Mallory, apparently the brand on display.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
            Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
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              • Date Created: undated
              • Description: Window display at Sherwin-Williams Paints advertising the 3 products (i.e. "triplets") made by Lin-X (clear gloss finishes).
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of War Bond Campaign
              War Bond Campaign
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                • Date Created: 1944
                • Description: 1944 photo of store (very likely Sears on Church St.; note wall advertising) customers and/or employees signing up to buy U.S. war bonds. Large poster of GI throwing a hand grenade says: "[Let The]m Have It. Buy Extra Bonds." Informal arrangement of "ordinary citizens" in an everyday setting conveys the idea that everyone can contribute to the war effort.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of War Bond Campaign
                War Bond Campaign
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                  • Date Created: 1945
                  • Description: 1945 photo of a large store window with several panels devoted to the War Bond campaign. Date may be after May 8th, 1945 (Victory in Europe), since the four posters describe each country as being "at peace," and the "NEXT!" poster (see mcalB21F26i04), indicating Japan as the next theater to be conquered, is also on display. Total amounts raised during the 6th War Loan were announced in early Jan., 1945, so this image may have been taken a month or 2 before or after that date. Readers are encouraged to buy more bonds "for total victory and lasting peace."
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
                  Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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                    • Description: Women's cosmetics (exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont?) showing a line of Daggett & Ramsdell beauty preparations. See also mcalA17F08i04 that looks to be the actual store window.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Store Windows
                    Store Windows
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                      • Description: Western Union window display with baskets of flowers.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs