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.
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First Congregational Church - Interior
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946/1947 Easter tulips, lilies, palms and other spring flowers decorate the church sanctuary.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
First Congregational Church - Organizations
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- Description: Rev. Charles Stanley Jones (standing left) and Rev. George W. Lawrence, right with other members of the church. Photo #21.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
First Congregational Church - Rev. Charles Stanley Jones
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- Description: First Congregational Church minister the Rev. Charles Stanley Jones and his wife, Mrs. Vera Jones. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
First Congregational Church - Services
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: Palm Sunday, 1949 in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church on So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. The Rev. Charles Stanley Jones stands center aisle. View taken from the pulpit. Children's choir sits to the right. The adult choir stands in the balcony.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
First Methodist Church
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946/1947 photo of the adult choir at the First United Methodist Church located on So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Flowers, Pots
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- Description: Gloxinia flowering plant in a pot on a wooden stand. Photo #8.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Fraternal Order of Eagles
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: 1948 / 1949 photo of male members of the Champlain Aerie 793 Fraternal Order of Eagles, Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Fraternal Order of Eagles
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 photo of members of the Champlain Aerie 793 Fraternal Order of Eagles, Burlington, Vermont. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
General Electric Plant and Guards
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of several uniformed men and one woman standing at attention and saluting the American flag in front of the large brick General Electric Plant building.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of a group of young people assembled outside for a portrait. Older adults stand on either side. The girls wear summer dresses and corsages. One small child holds a graduation baton. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs