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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Weddings
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    • Date Created: 1947
    • Description: 1947 bride and groom stand in a curtained archway in what may be a private home.
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    Weddings
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      • Date Created: 1947
      • Description: 1947 bride, groom and members of the wedding party standing in what may be a private home. Photo #3.
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      Weddings
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        • Date Created: 1949
        • Description: 1949 wedding couple outside in front of a home, No. 189. See also mcalB22F11i09
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        Weddings
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          • Date Created: 1951-1952
          • Description: 1951 or 1952 wedding portrait photo of wedding party standing in the sanctuary of a church. Elaborate organ pipes seen to the right. Biblical saying is on the wall, "Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts." Photo #1.
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          Weddings
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            • Date Created: 1957
            • Description: 1957 full length portrait photo of a bride standing in a wedding gown.
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            Weddings
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              • Date Created: 1956-08-25
              • Description: August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. begin to cut into their wedding cake at the wedding reception. They are in Fellowship Hall on the ground floor of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The heavy wooden sliding doors with windows behind them closed off the chapel. Betty was a member of the church. Photo #8.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Winooski and Burlington Mills (from Pontoon Bridge)
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                • Description: Undated but part of May 5, 1928 panorama. Seen here are men of Company D, 1st U.S. Engineers, 2nd Corps standing on the pontoon bridge they helped build that spanned the river between Burlington and Winooski. To the far right is the Champlain Mill.
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                Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
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                  • Date Created: 1952
                  • Description: 1952 portrait photo of the Winooski High School boys baseball team with coach probably at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont. The word "Winooski" lettered on uniform shirts. Photo #1.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
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                    • Date Created: 1949
                    • Description: 1949 portrait photo of the Winooski High School boys' baseball team. Photo #3.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Winooski High School - Chorus
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                      • Date Created: 1952
                      • Description: 1952 photo of the Winooski High School girls' chorus with banner. They wear white tops with ribbon ties at collar. Photo #5.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs