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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South Burlington Central School
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959. A large group of men and women gather inside a wood paneled room (jukebox and stage behind) for a group photo. Burlington residents, Bob and Bea Earnshaw are seated in the front row far right. Bob worked for the Burlington Rendering Company. Photo #1. See also mcalA15F04i08
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: Interior of Abraham's Drug Store at 111 Church St., Burlington.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: Interior of Abraham's Drug Store at 111 Church St., Burlington. Arrangement of display cases forms an arch.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936. Similar to mcalB18F20i03, this photo shows 2 additional men, and all are wearing hats. Building is Burlington Grocery Co., 47-49 Maple St., Burlington, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 Burlington retail store entrances and parking lot for Irving's Fashions, Singer and People's. See also mcalA17F09i01, mcalA17F09i07
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: Store interior, possibly I.G.A. (see mcalB18F29i07), with display of weekend essentials.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: Office interior, with heavy wooden furniture, typewriter, phone, linoleum floor, large radiator, etc. Business unknown.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Restaurant interior. Booths with Wall-O-Matic jukeboxes.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: Office interior. Five women working in well-lighted, spacious office (business and location unknown).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: Clothing and cosmetics store seen in mcalB18F29i22, but from a different angle. Spring and summer fashions, plus a sign (upper right corner) reminding "Women: our wounded need your care." Sponsor of the sign campaign unknown.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs