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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569 Portrait photography. 461 Men. 185 Burlington (Vt.). 119 Children. 111 Family. 65 Restaurants. 55 Interior architecture. 54 Buildings. 48 House furnishings. 36 Women veterans. 35 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 34 Grand Isle (Vt.). 33 University of Vermont. 31 Colchester (Vt.). 30 Nurses. 29 Girls. 29 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 28 Priests. 27 Dwellings. 24 Nuns. 23 Veterans. 22 Employees. 21 Camps. 21 Church buildings. 21 Young women. 20 Business. 20 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 19 Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.). 19 Fanny Allen Hospital. 19 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 19 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 16 Camping. 16 Circus performers. 15 Boys. 15 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 15 Offices. 14 Banners. 14 Christmas greens. 14 Infants. 14 Worship programs. 12 Salvation Army. 12 Urban parks. 11 Santa Claus. 10 College students. 10 Costume. 10 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Cake. 9 Chapels. 9 Choirs (Music). 9 Furniture. 9 Gymnasiums. 9 Horses. 9 School children. 9 Winooski (Vt.). 8 Flowers. 8 Middlebury (Vt.). 8 Middlebury College. 7 Bowling. 7 Camp Holy Cross (Vt.). 7 Dolls. 7 Flag raising and lowering. 7 Soldiers. 6 Auditoriums. 6 Gardens. 5 Actors. 5 Architectural photography. 5 Automobiles. 5 Battery Park (Vt.). 5 Beauty operators. 5 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Classrooms. 5 Landscape photography. 5 Museums. 5 Radio stations. 5 Reunions. 5 Students. 5 Weddings. 5 Young men. 4 Advertising. 4 Brides. 4 Class reunions. 4 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 4 General Electric Company. 4 Knights of Columbus. 4 Marriage. 4 Montpelier (Vt.). 4 Railroad tracks. 4 Toys. 3 Animals. 3 Chairs. 3 Essex Junction (Vt.). 3 Factories. 3 Hospitals. 3 Modern Woodmen of America. 3 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 3 Robert Hull Fleming Museum. 3 St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Statues. 3 Stores, Retail. 3 Street photography. 3 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 3 Theaters. 3 Vermont Governor. 3 Wills, William H. 1882-1946. 2 Bands (Music). 2 Blackface entertainers. 2 Boats and boating. 2 Boy Scouts. 2 Bridegrooms. 2 Buses. 2 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Choruses. 2 Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Rutland, Vt.). 2 Convenience stores. 2 Department stores. 2 Exhibit booths. 2 Greek letter societies. 2 Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.). 2 Lincoln Inn (Essex Junction, Vt.). 2 Machinery. 2 Musicians. 2 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 2 Radio -- Receivers and reception. 2 St. Albans (Vt.). 2 Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.). 1 American Legion. 1 Athletics. 1 Bridges. 1 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Cafeterias. 1 Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Cavalry horses. 1 Cavalry. 1 Dance recitals. 1 Dance. 1 Exhibitions. 1 Farms. 1 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Fraternal Order of Eagles. 1 Girl Scouts. 1 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 1 Parades. 1 Radio actors and actresses. 1 Radio broadcasters. 1 Railroad trains. 1 Refrigerators. 1 Rifles. 1 Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.). 1 Shelburne (Vt.). 1 Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States. 1 Tap dancers. 1 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 1 Volleyball. 1 Winooski River (Vt.).

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    • Description: A group of men and women gather on in a rustic wood paneled room (perhaps a restaurant). Candles and a table centerpiece decorate the head table.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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      • Description: A large group of men and two women pose near a curtained stage for a group photo.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
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        • Description: A large group of men and two women pose near a curtained stage for a group photo.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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          • Description: Adult church choir at First Congregational Church in balcony. See mcalA09F11i03 for balcony. Photo #13.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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          Portraits, groups, unidentified
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            • Description: Eight ladies dressed in evening gowns sit gathered at a dining table in a restaurant. Wait staff can be barely seen in the darkened background. Undated but may be 1920s?
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            Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
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              • Description: Eighteen older women dressed in what appear to be solid color white knee length dresses assemble for a group portrait. They are arranged in two rows, the front row sits in chairs, the back row stands. They are in a room with a linoleum floor, double doors to the left and bold patterned curtains behind them.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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              Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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                • Description: A woman wears a long dress and sits in an upholstered chair in the corner of a living room in front of a curtained window with potted plants; perhaps her home. A fireplace is seen to the left. See the same woman also in mcalA16F01i05, i07, i08
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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                  • Description: A woman wears a long dress and stands in the corner of a living room in front of a curtained window; perhaps her home. See the same woman in a different dress also in mcalA16F01i05, i06, i08
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                    • Description: Photo of a mature woman in a floral print top and dark skirt standing outside at the corner of a building; perhaps her home. The building is clapboard sided and has ferns, shrubs and flowers planted on the property.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
                    Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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                      • Date Created: 1960-1961
                      • Description: 1960/1961. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. A group of men and women, students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo. Photo #3.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs