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 -Identified
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- Description: Undated photo of 27 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.
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Houses -Identified
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- Description: Undated photo of 27 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.
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Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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- Date Created: circa 1950's
- Description: 1950s photo of a barn with a two door garage next to it. A stone facade building seen to the far left.
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Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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- Date Created: circa 1930's
- Description: 1930s photo of a cottage by a lake. For another view of this see mcalB09F24i19.
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Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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- Date Created: circa 1930's
- Description: 1930s photo of the back end of a shed or garage with scrap lumber, a sawhorse and miscellaneous items piled up. A car is parked to the left.
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Johnson, VT (Shell Garage)
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Shell Garage in Johnson, Vermont. Photo dated 1944. A mechanic works on the engine of a truck
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Kamp Kill Kare
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- Description: Group portrait of boy campers and staff at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated.
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Landscapes - Unidentified
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- Date Created: circa 1940s
- Description: 1940s photo of the back side of a billboard along with abandoned cars, what looks like a clothes line and a small shed (looks like a dog house).
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Landscapes - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered dirt road.
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Lyman C. Hunt Junior High
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 group portrait of students at the Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School, Burlington, Vt. Photo #2.
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