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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Congregational Church - Choirs
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    • Date Created: 1951
    • Description: 1951 photo of choir assembled in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church located in Burlington, Vermont. May be Easter season as tulips and palm branches are seen in the back. Photo #4.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Congregational Church - Choirs - Childrens
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      • Date Created: 1952
      • Description: 1952 Children's Choir assembled in the church sanctuary of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #2.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Congregational Church - Choirs - Childrens
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        • Date Created: 1949
        • Description: Palm Sunday 1949 photo of children's choir in the church sanctuary. Photo 3.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        First Congregational Church - Organizations
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          • Description: Teacher Mr. Henry Paulus standing with several young boys, some dressed in their Junior Choir robes. Sunday School class located in Pilgrim House (demolished in 1960s). Photo #7.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          First Congregational Church - Organizations
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            • Description: Rev. George W. Lawrence (seated center right) meeting in the Stone Room with women's prayer circle. They enjoy refreshments. A portrait painting of Rev. Charles Stanley Jones hangs on the wall. Photo #19.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            First Congregational Church - Organizations
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              • Description: Rev. Charles Stanley Jones (standing left) and Rev. George W. Lawrence (right) with other members of the church including Herbert Schultz, Margareta Krueger, Carlton Twitchell, Jeanette Cullins, Julia Smith Salmon, George Merritt. Seated are Betty Ohl(?), Carolyn Carpenter, Ruth Perry, Helen Best, Cora Prior, Betty Kinsley. Photo #20.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              First Congregational Church - Organizations
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                • Date Created: 1945
                • Description: 1945 group portraits of Rev. Charles Stanley Jones standing outside with the men of the church.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                First Congregational Church - Services
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                  • Date Created: 1946
                  • Description: 1946/1947 photo of the Rev. Charles Stanley Jones at the pulpit, Easter Sunday service. Tulips and lilies adorn the dais.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Fish
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                    • Date Created: 1935
                    • Description: 1935/1936 photo of two men displaying their catch of fish, fishing rods and other gear. Photo #1.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Fish
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                      • Date Created: 1930
                      • Description: 1930s photo of a display of various kinds of fish. The large fish in the center may be a muskie or a northern pike. It seems to have been caught while swallowing a smaller fish.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs