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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Dairy Equipment
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    • Description: 1945 photo of dairy test ware equipment on display in a see through glass case. This may be a device for balancing and weighing.
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    Essex Junction Boys Band
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: Winter, 1945 photo of the Essex Junction Boys Band. Instruments include clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, and bass and snare drums. Band director could be the gentleman on the left. Photo #1.
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      Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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        • Description: 1953 photo of eleven nurse graduates gathered for a group picture. Each carries a holder with a white lit candle. Location Fanny Allen Hospital chapel.
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        Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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          • Description: 1945 portrait photo of nurse graduates gathered with three nuns. Graduates each wear a corsage and hold diploma.
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          Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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            • Date Created: 1947
            • Description: 1947 portrait photo of nurse graduates gathered inside. Each holds a diploma. Photo #4.
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            Farms
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              • Date Created: 1947
              • Description: 1947 photo of the interior of a dairy cow barn with several well dressed men walking among the cow stalls.
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              Farms - Livestock
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                • Date Created: 1944
                • Description: 1944 photo of a bull in a pen.
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                Farms - Livestock
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                  • Date Created: 1949
                  • Description: 1949 photo of turkeys grazing in an open field.
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                  First Congregational Church
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                    • Description: First Congregational Church and Chapel, So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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                    Congregational Church - Choirs
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                      • Description: Undated photo of the choir, dressed in choir robes, assembled at the front of the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church. Photo #27.
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