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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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 portrait photo of a woman wearing a coat standing on a dirt path in a large formal flower garden with fountain. Same woman as in mcalB16F12i07, mcalB16F12i08, mcalB16F12i09.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Another image of young girl seated at a piano in a living room with fireplace.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of a marsh landscape and a young boy on a raft in a pond. See another view in mcalB16F13i10.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 outdoor photo of an older man seated on a pinto horse.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Two portrait photos of a woman seated. Dated 1944.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Two undated photographs of Cathedral High School drum majorette. Probably taken for year book.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: Young girl in a special occasion dress stands in the backyard of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Dated 1949.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1957-1958
- Description: High school graduation in cap and gown stands in backyard of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Dated 1957 / 1958.
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Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: Large co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym for a group photo.
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Richmond High School
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Seventeen Richmond High School graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of the school with faculty member, Eugene Clowse (1883-1955). Clowse was Supervising Principal from 1930 to 1954. Undated. Photo #1. -- The right half of the building, including the entrance, was built in 1907 as an annex to an older wooden structure, which was later removed. The left side was built in 1914. The high school then served as the elementary school when Mount Mansfield Union High High School opened in 1967. Today, the town uses it for office space and rents part of it.
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