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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Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
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    • Description: 1952 Six BHS cheerleaders pose outside on the steps of the high school building (Edmunds). Photo #7.
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    Farms - Haying
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      • Description: Undated photo of a farmhand riding horse driven hay cutting machinery.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Farms - Livestock
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        • Date Created: 1946
        • Description: 1946 photo of a horse.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        First Church of Christ - Scientists
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          • Date Created: 1946-1947
          • Description: 1946/1947 photo of the Christian Science Church on South Union Street in Burlington, Vermont.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          First Congregational Church - Interior
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            • Date Created: 1945
            • Description: 1945 Easter tulips, lilies, palms and other spring flowers decorate the church sanctuary.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            First Congregational Church - Organizations
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              • Description: Sunday School class in the dining hall of the First Congregational Church. Several dressed in their children's choir robes. Photo 8.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              First Congregational Church - Organizations
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                • Description: Church staff of the First Congregational Church of the 1950s. Far left Rev. Charles Stanley Jones. In back standing is Herbert Schultz (Choir Director), Margareta Krueger, Carlton Twitchell (maintenance), Jeanette Cullins (Secretary), Julia Smith Salmon (Choir), George Merritt (Choir), Rev. George W. Lawrence (standing far right). Seated are Betty Ohl (?), Carolyn Carpenter (Organist), Ruth Perry, Helen Best, Cora Prior, and Betty Kinsley. Photo #22.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                First Congregational Church - Organizations
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                  • Date Created: 1949-1950
                  • Description: Damaged negative showing a 1949/1950 photo of the men of the church
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  First Congregational Church - Services
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                    • Date Created: 1949
                    • Description: Palm Sunday, 1949 in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church on So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. The Rev. Charles Stanley Jones stands center aisle. View taken from the pulpit. Children's choir sits to the right.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Flowers, Pots
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                      • Date Created: circa 1940s
                      • Description: 1940s photo of two vases with ornamental handles in the shape of a head wearing a helmet.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs