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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Webb Estate (Shelburne, VT)
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    • Description: An equestrian jumps hurdles.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Webb Estate (Shelburne, VT)
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      • Description: Bride Frederica Webb Gamble in her wedding gown and her father, William Seward Webb, Jr.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Webb Estate (Shelburne, VT)
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        • Description: Bride Frederica Webb Gamble in her gown on her wedding day with her husband.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Webb Estate - Trophy Room (Shelburne, VT) later in Shelburne Museum
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          • Description: View of the Webb estate trophy room with cooking hearth, mounted kitchen utensils, wall mounted stuffed wild animal heads, firearms, birds, skins, animal skin rugs, trestle table with benches and other comfortable sitting area furnishings.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Weddings
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            • Description: A young bride and groom stand outside in their wedding attire. She wears a full length gown with a long veil and holds her bouquet of flowers. A large building with an open porch and flower boxes on the railings seen behind.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Weddings
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              • Description: A young woman (McAllister's grand niece, Joanne Raymond) stands outside against a background of vines on a trellis and wild flowers. McAllister's home backyard at 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. She wears an ankle length gown and a simple headdress. She stands on a patch of ground that has been raked and shows artistic curved lines in the dirt.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Weddings
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                • Description: A bride and groom march back up the aisle following their wedding ceremony in a Catholic church.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Weddings
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                  • Description: Seven young women stand in front of what may be the stage of Mount St Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vermont. They all wear long wedding like gowns and each wears a veil. Could they be part of a May Crowning ceremony? Photo #3.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Winooski Bridge (4X5's)
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                    • Date Created: 1928-12-15
                    • Description: December 15, 1928. View of the Winooski Bridge over the Winooski River. To the far left is the Champlain Mill and to the right is the Chace Mill factories.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Winooski Bridge Construction
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                      • Date Created: 1928-07-05
                      • Description: July 5, 1928. Construction workers rebuild the Winooski Bridge that had been destroyed in the 1927 flood. View is looking up Colchester Ave. on the Burlington side.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs