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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    • Date Created: 1958
    • Description: A woman in a riding outfit holds the reins of a horse. They stand in a field. A young boy also in riding clothes sits on the saddled horse. Dated 1958. Photo #2.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
    Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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      • Description: Column of marching and mounted military men. Automobiles going in the opposite direction. Railroad track along side of the road. Photo #17.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
      Portraits - Individuals
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        • Date Created: 1958
        • Description: A woman in a riding outfit holds the reins of a horse. They stand in a field. A young boy also in riding clothes sits on the saddled horse. Dated 1958. Photo #1.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester
        Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester
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          • Description: Portrait of ten mounted individuals, eight women and two men lined up in front of a brick building. The brick building behind the equestrian group is today the Elley-Long concert hall--it was an indoor cavalry drill hall at the time McAllister took the photograph (ca. 1925).
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
          Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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            • Description: Military men with communication equipment near wagon. Line of mounted men in background. Photo no. 6. Sale price 25 cents.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
            Portraits, families, unidentified
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              • Description: An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in a field with a horse and a number of buildings behind them. See same family group in mcalA09F12i34 and mcalA15F02i31, i32, i33, i35
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Webb Estate (Shelburne, VT)
              Webb Estate (Shelburne, VT)
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                • Description: Two equestrians jump hurdles together.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Webb Estate (Shelburne, VT)
                Webb Estate (Shelburne, VT)
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                  • Description: An equestrian jumps hurdles.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
                  Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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                    • Date Created: 1931-10-31
                    • Description: October 31, 1931. Corner of College Street and South Winooski Ave. looking north. To the left is 212 - 214 College Street with a sign painted on the brick advertising Hall Furniture Co., Inc. A horse and buggy stand nearby. To the right at the corner is "Miss Burlington" Diner. Just up the street is a tall building with a sign on top of it reading "Light, Heat, Power" and may be the Burlington Light and Power Co at 102 So. Winooski.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
                    Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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                      • Description: Column of marching and mounted military men and horse drawn artillery on road with utility poles and lines. Railroad tracks along roadside. Undated. Photo #5.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs