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: 1952
    • Description: 1952 family Christmas portrait with tree, sled, sand truck, doll. Same family as seen in mcalB14F06i06, mcalB15F03i19, mcalB15F04i08, mcalB15F04i09, mcalB15F04i10
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    Miniature of Portraits - Family
    Portraits - Family
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      • Date Created: 1958
      • Description: 1958 indoor photo of four generations of a family, as seen in mcalB15F09i03. Elderly lady in the front row seems to be the matriarch, with the youngest being the twins next to her.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits - Family
      Portraits - Family
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        • Date Created: undated
        • Description: An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in front of a wood frame clapboard house. Three children kneel on a toboggan. Same family group also seen in mcalA09F12i34, mcalA15F02i30, i31, i32, i33, i35
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
        Trinity College - Groups
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          • Date Created: 1947
          • Description: 1947. Interior photo of a large group of children with mothers and caregivers, very likely part of Trinity College's interest in early childhood education and early diagnosis of developmental disorders. Childrens Day? Photo #2.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
          Trinity College - Groups
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            • Date Created: 1948-1949
            • Description: 1948 / 1949. Group of young children with their mothers or caregivers, very likely participants in Trinity College's early childhood education program. Photo taken in front of the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Childrens Day? Photo #3.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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            Circus People
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              • Description: Portrait photo of a man of the circus, with who may be his wife and child. The man may be afflicted with a form of Elephant man disease. May be 1940s-50s at the Champlain Valley Fair. See also mcalA14F16i09
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of McAllister Memorabilia
              McAllister Memorabilia
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                • Description: A family group photo of a man, woman and young girl. Nephew of L. L. McAllister, nephew's wife and young daughter (McAllister's grand niece, Joanne Raymond).
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of McAllister Memorabilia
                McAllister Memorabilia
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                  • Description: Group photo of McAllister's nephew, his wife and daughter (McAllister's grandniece, Joanne Raymond) with collie dog. They appear in other photos in the collection. Location is the backyard of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Direction looking west.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
                  Portraits, families, unidentified
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                    • Description: Undated family portrait of an unidentified man and woman of the Salvation Army and five children. See also mcalA09F12i35, mcalA15F02i07, mcalA16F01i32. Uncropped version is mcalB17F21i11.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits, children, unidentified
                    Portraits, children, unidentified
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                      • Description: Four young children pose for a group portrait. Two girls stand, a younger girl in on a wooden rocking horse and a young boy is seated in a child's rocking chair. Photo #2. See also mcalA14F15i16
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs