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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Dairy Equipment
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    • Description: 1945 photo of a dairy equipment presentation and demonstration in a room with elegantly curtained windows and hanging chandeliers. Could the location be Contois Auditorium in City Hall, Burlington, Vermont? Seen are round arched windows and a balcony in back.
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    Doll Collection
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      • Description: 1957/1958 photos of hard plastic Madame Alexander dolls. Cinderella and Prince Charming (14 inches tall) seen to the far left. Four of the March sisters from Little Women to the far right (also 14-15 inches tall). The two dolls in the center may be portrait dolls about 21 inches tall. Photo #7.
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      Doll Collection
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        • Date Created: 1957
        • Description: 1957/1958 photo of two young girls with antique dolls. Many of the dolls have bisque, parian or china heads. There are three nun dolls, Kathe Kruse dolls and a Bye-lo baby doll is in carriage to the right. Photo #2.
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        Fanny Allen Hospital - School of Nursing Chapel
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          • Description: Undated photo of the interior of the Fanny Allen Hospital School of Nursing Chapel. Photo #5.
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          Farms - Haying
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            • Date Created: 1945
            • Description: 1945 photo of a horse drawn plow cutting hay with a barn and other farm buildings in the background.
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            Farms - Livestock
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              • Date Created: 1944
              • Description: 1944 photo of farm chickens feeding outside their coop with a barn and other farm buildings in background.
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              Farms - Livestock
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                • Date Created: 1930
                • Description: 1930 photo of a mare and her foal standing outside near a cultivated field.
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                First Congregational Church
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                  • Description: Winter view of the First Congregational Church and Chapel, So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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                  First Congregational Church
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                    • Description: First Congregational Church and Chapel, So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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                    First Congregational Church
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                      • Description: Winter wonderland view of the First Congregational Church parsonage (currently Ronald McDonald House), the church and chapel, So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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