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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145 Burlington (Vt.). 132 Buildings. 113 Architectural photography. 63 Housing. 61 Portrait photography. 60 Street photography. 41 Family. 41 Interior architecture. 31 Construction projects. 29 House furnishings. 27 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 27 Women. 25 University of Vermont. 24 Children. 19 Men. 18 Brides. 17 Bridegrooms. 16 College students. 16 Greek letter societies. 15 Young women. 13 Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.). 13 Weddings. 11 Shelburne (Vt.). 10 Animals. 10 Marriage. 9 Business. 9 Landscape photography. 8 Girls. 7 Furniture. 6 Automobiles. 6 Cake. 6 Museums. 6 Street signs. 5 Christmas greens. 5 Colchester (Vt.). 5 Dolls. 5 Soldiers. 5 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Boys. 4 First communion. 4 Shelburne Museum. 4 Toys. 3 Chairs. 3 Reunions. 2 Circus performers. 2 Construction workers. 2 Flowers. 2 Infants. 2 Mobile homes. 2 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Young men. 1 Banners. 1 Billboards. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Church buildings. 1 Costume. 1 Employees. 1 Factories. 1 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 1 Gardens. 1 High school students. 1 Hospitals. 1 Hotels. 1 Machinery. 1 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 1 Rifles. 1 Robert Hull Fleming Museum. 1 Service stations. 1 Snowplows. 1 Tractors. 1 Trucks. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 1 Winooski (Vt.). 1 Women veterans. 1 Woodwork.

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Miniature of Queen City Park, So. Burlington
Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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    • Description: Trees in summer foliage surround this building in Queen City Park, So. Burlington, Vermont. Steps lead to an open porch. A clear story type upper element of the structure can be seen through the trees. A foot path seems to lead down a steep decline on the right of the photo.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Shelburne Museum
    Shelburne Museum
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      • Description: Another view of the Shelburne Museum Prentis House with its saltbox style architecture and nearby well.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Converse Home (for Aged Women)
      Converse Home (for Aged Women)
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        • Description: 1935 photo of the Converse Home (for aged women) located at 272 Church Street, Burlington, Vermont with several women seated and standing in a parlor like room. They each wear a hat of one particular style.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
        Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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          • Description: Lower Church Street. In another photo, identified as 209 Church St. Owner: George F. LaFrance. Dated 1949 - 1950.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
          Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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            • Date Created: 1950
            • Description: 1950s photo of 57 Grant Street at the corner of Grant and North Winooski Ave., Burlington.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Houses -Unidentified
            Houses -Unidentified
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              • Date Created: 1940
              • Description: 1940s photo of 404 Pearl Street, Burlington, Vt.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Houses -Unidentified
              Houses -Unidentified
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                • Description: McAllister's home at 47 N. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vt. Two story wooden clapboard house with main and upper story porches. No shrubs line the border of the driveway as in other photos.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
                Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
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                  • Description: Photo of houses Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits - Family
                  Portraits - Family
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                    • Date Created: 1935-1936
                    • Description: This is very likely the family of Chester M. Kerr, salesman, who, at the time of this photo, owned this house at 283 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of UVM - Housing (Temporary)
                    UVM - Housing (Temporary)
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                      • Description: View looking northeast of temporary housing on the UVM campus. The Fleming Museum lies beyond the complex, with the Mary Fletcher Hospital off to the right. Dated 1947.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs