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 dairy test ware equipment. Shown here a glass tube with measurement markings on it clamped onto a stand.
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Dance Recitals
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of a large group of young tap dancers in costume posing with their dance teacher. Photo #2
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Drafting Tools
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- Description: 1945 photo of 3 drafting compasses (hard to see) on dark plywood background.
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Edgar Chott & Sons
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- Description: Mid 1930s Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT An assortment of boating supplies: life jackets and buoys, pads and paddles, a model sailboat kit, etc. Apparently a display for a boat show or other business exhibition. Sign reads: American Pad & Textile Co. Edgar Chiott & Son, Distributors. (Slightly darker duplicate of mcalB08F08i02.)
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Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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- Description: 1946/1947 photo of a group of nurses standing outside on steps. Photo #1.
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Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949/1950 portrait photo of nurse graduates gathered outside in the snow. Each wears a uniform cape. Glass negative has defective section seen to the right.
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Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 portrait photo of nurse graduates gathered inside. Each holds a diploma. Photo #3.
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Farms - Livestock
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- Description: undated farm scene photo with dairy cows in a pasture and farm buildings in background.
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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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Congregational Church - Choirs
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- Description: Winter Undated photo of an adult choir of 15 women and 12 men on the altar of the First Congregational Church. Fran Howe, front row, left. Photo #26.
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