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.
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Town & Country Motel
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- Description: Town & Country Motel located on Shelburne Road in Burlington, Vermont. 1950s?
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Trinity College, Burlington
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- Description: Administration building (built 1939), later named Mann Hall (1972), Trinity College campus, Burlington, Vermont. Event seen here is a "Queen of the May" gathering, 1954. "This was the highlight of the [college] Sodality's annual festival in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary." Source: Stephen Roth, A History of Trinity College, 1925-1975, p. 34.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College, Burlington
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- Description: McAuley Hall, constructed 1958. Building on the Trinity College campus, Burlington, Vermont. Founded in 1925 by the Sisters of Mercy of Vermont. Closed in 2000. Later purchased by the University of Vermont. Photo #7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Botany Dept.
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- Description: August assembly of men, very likely UVM academicians. Style of formal attire suggests late-19th century. Identity and relevance to UVM Botany dept. unknown. Photo may have been in McAllister's collection rather than one he produced.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Botany Dept.
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- Description: Students (and dog) assembled before the current Pomeroy Hall, which served as the first building for the medical college (1828), and then the Agricultural Experiment Station (1886). Affiliation of the group is unknown, but they may be agriculture majors in a particular botany course.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Buildings
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- Description: University Place, formerly known as College Row, looking north. Includes Old Mill, Williams Science Building, Billings Library, and Ira Allen Chapel. Bust of UVM benefactor John Purple Howard (1814-1885) in the foreground.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Groups
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- Description: Group of women, very likely college students, in front of the Billings Library on an apparently chilly day. Perhaps a newly formed sorority? Several are wearing long ties. Other clothing suggests late 1920s or early 30s.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Groups
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- Description: A large group of men and women (including nuns and one clergyman) assemble on the steps of Billings Library on the University of Vermont campus. This could be a class reunion or perhaps a teachers' conference held at UVM (duplicate of mcalA18F11i08).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Groups
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- Description: Group portrait outside on the steps of John Dewey Hall (UVM College of Medicine). All men except for one woman.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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- Description: Ira Allen Chapel, as seen from the UVM green on a snowy day.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs