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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Doll Collection
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- Description: 1957/1958 photos of hard plastic Madame Alexander dolls. Cinderella and Prince Charming (14 inches tall) seen to the far left. Four of the March sisters from Little Women to the far right (also 14-15 inches tall). The two dolls in the center may be portrait dolls about 21 inches tall. Photo #7.
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Fanny Allen Hospital - School of Nursing Chapel
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- Description: Undated photo of the interior of the Fanny Allen Hospital School of Nursing Chapel. Photo #8.
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Farms - Haying
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of a hay field with farm workers driving a tracker and cut hay being sent through a shoot and into a hay wagon.
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Farms - Livestock
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of a farm with dairy cows in a pasture, farm buildings seen in the background and a man on a horse to the far right.
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Farms - Livestock
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of a horse with riding saddle.
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First Congregational Church
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- Description: Photo of a photo tacked to a surface of the First Congregational Church and Chapel, So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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Flowers, Pots
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- Description: Gladiolus flower
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4-H Club
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- Date Created: 1951-1952
- Description: 1951/1952 Fall-Spring 4-H Club members gathered on the steps in front of Waterman Building, University of Vermont.
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Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bowling Clubs
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Six men of of the Eagles Club bowling club, 793, Burlington, Vermont standing behind a table with trophies. A small banner is attached to the front of the table.
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Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of graduates in cap and gown standing outside in front of a brick building. Photo #2.
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