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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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1946-1947
- Description: Ca. 1946 indoor photo of a family seen in mcalB14F26i10. Three adult children stand behind their parents.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1947-1948
- Description: 1947 or 1948 winter photo of a young couple with their dog outside the front stoop of 52 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vt. Rooms lent in the 1940s by Mrs. Lydia M. Harte.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 portrait photo of husband and wife with their four grown children. Upright piano seen to the left. Photo #1.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1949-1950
- Description: 1949-1950 family portrait gathered in a living room. Same family as seen in mcalB14F12i06 and mcalB14F12i07. Grandmother sits front center.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 multi generational portrait photo of an older man and wife with ten younger adults (their grown children?) gathered outside. A building to the left has a horseshoe on the door. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 multi generational portrait photo of an older man and wife with ten younger adults (their grown children?) gathered outside. A building to the left has a horseshoe on the door. Photo #3
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 indoor photo of same man seen with infant and elderly lady in mcalB15F05i03, here seen apparently with wife and 2 sons.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1957-1958
- Description: 1957 or 1958 family photo of a man, woman and four children.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Groups, Identified
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of Texaco Oil Co. employees standing outside a building. Oil barrels seen behind them. Photo #2. City directory lists The Texas Co, a gas and oil company located on Lake Street in Burlington.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1935-1936
- Description: Seven men in overcoats and hats stand in a line for a portrait photo. Dated 1935-1936. Two of the men are the same as seen in mcalB15F12i05.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs