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 - Unidentified
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- Description: A two story brick home with a pitched slate roof and dormer centrally placed. Wood panel shutters are seen on the upper story windows. There is a small portico entry with Doric columns at the front door with sidelights. Large evergreen trees surround the grounds. No. 101 is on the right porch column. Location unknown. Same as mcalA11F16i09 and 29
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Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Date Created: 1957-1958
- Description: 1957/1958 photo of two young girls stand in a living room of a home amid a collection of dolls each holding a large antique German bisque head baby doll. Many other German bisque, china and cloth headed dolls also seen. Among the collection are nun dolls, German made china, Grace Storey Putnam baby in stroller, Kathe Kruse dolls, plus several fashion dolls. Photo #1. See mcalB16F13i07 for what may be same location.
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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 #1. See also mcalA14F15i17, mcalB14F10i01, mcalB14F11i01
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Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: Two young children stand upon an upholstered stool each dressed in a German / Austrian / Tyrolian type outfit. A fireplace is seen behind with a portrait painting of a young woman hung above the fireplace. See also mcalA14F16i08
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: A man, his wife and two children stand outside their house. The same man appears in mcalA09F12i44 holding a carved wooden chain. He is missing his left hand. See also mcalB15F10i09
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Sewer Projects
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- Date Created: 1931-04-24
- Description: April 24, 1931. View of long dry narrow trench as it stretches across a residential area at a sewer project site. Homes can be seen in the background.
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Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: Side view of a large clapboard sided building with gambrel roof, a portico to the right that connects to an extended covered porch seen to the left. Tall pines suggest a nearby wooded area. Location unknown.
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Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: Three young children pose next to their Christmas tree with gifts. The girl holds a small hard plastic doll that may be a Vogue Ginny popular in the 1950s. Other presents are arranged in a display around the tree and on the upholstered chair in which the boys sit. See also mcalB14F11i08
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Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: Seven very young children are assembled on a living room couch for a group portrait. They each hold a toy and the little boy on the far left holds a real calico kitten. See also mcalA14F15i18, mcalA14F15i20 and mcalA14F16i33
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: An older man and woman pose for a portrait photo outside 270 Pearl Street in Burlington, Vermont that has an enclosed porch. She sits in a wooden chair with armrests. He stands beside and slightly behind wearing a three piece suit and tie and may be longtime Burlington resident, Frederick A. Deyette. He is listed in the Burlington City Directory as residing at No. 270 from 1908 to 1946 or 1947. A wooden sign reading "Tourists" is seen at the corner of the building. See also mcalA15F02i20
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs