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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Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: Side view of a two story clapboard house located in Queen City Park with open front porch and center front steps. Striped awnings are attached to the front porch and to the upper story windows. A large side yard seen to the left. A row of bushes run along parallel to the sidewalk. The number 96 is on the front of the house and can be seen in photo mcalA11F16i21.
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Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: A winter view of a stucco sided home and two bay garage in a matching architectural style. Address is 192 Summit St., Burlington.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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- Description: Interior view of a bedroom. Two beds are along the right wall. A chest of drawers, bureau seen along with a day bed in the background. Walls are decorated with a brocade type wall covering.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 photo of three ladies wrapping Christmas gifts including Sundial shoes, a baby doll's bassinet and winter coats for children. They sit in a wood paneled room in front of a brick fireplace. Photo #1. See also mcalB15F09i01 for a different exposure of the same women.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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- Description: A woman wears a long dress and sits in a wooden chair in the corner of a living room in front of a curtained window with potted plants; perhaps her home. A fireplace is seen to the left. See the same woman in a different dress also in mcalA16F01i05, i06, i08
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Williams St.
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- Date Created: 1931-10-19
- Description: October 19, 1931. View of Williams Street looking south toward Pearl Street during road construction by the Burlington Street Dept. Mixed-in-Place-Asphalt Macadam 2 1/2" of crushed stone from 1/4" to 2" uniformly mixed. This picture shows the first application of #7 Asphalt being applied at the rate of 9/10 gal. per sq. yd. with the City owned Kinney Distributor and mixed with spring-tooth farm harrow.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses - Unidentified
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- Description: A winter view of a stucco sided home and two bay garage in a matching architectural style. Same as mcalA11F16i33 (192 Summit St., Burlington, VT).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Klifa Club, Burlington
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- Date Created: 1923
- Description: Portrait of fifteen ladies, the Klifa Club, in period dress, standing in front of a brick house with a Greek revival portico with Ionic columns. A large sign overhead reads "Ye Olde Burlington Home 1773 - 1923". Location is 342 Pearl Street, Burlington, built in 1800 by and home of Horace Loomis. The Klifa Club is a women's club founded in 1900. The name means "to climb" and is an Icelandic word. Members meet twice a month for luncheons and have guest speakers.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: A young girl poses in her First Communion dress. See also mcalA14F16i17
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: An outdoor summer family group portrait taken in front of a clapboard house. Number 54 seen on the porch post. Three of the men wear knickers.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs