Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Collection Overview
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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Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Published: November 19, 2007, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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- Burlington (Vt.) [31]
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- black-and-white photographs [60]
- photographs [60]
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- Advertising [60]
- Business [37]
- Stores, Retail [32]
- Painting [6]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Billboards [3]
- Department stores [3]
- Exhibitions [3]
- Refrigerators [3]
- Cosmetics [2]
- Exhibit booths [2]
- Trucks [2]
- Automobiles [1]
- Banners [1]
- Boats and boating [1]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Display of merchandise [1]
- Dolls [1]
- Employees [1]
- Flowers [1]
- Interior architecture [1]
- Radio Receivers and reception [1]
- S.S. Kresge Company [1]
- Soldiers [1]
- Street photography [1]
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Topic: ("Advertising")
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Yandow Tire and Battery Company window display with auto accessories. Business was located on So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. See also Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions mcalA13F06i17
Title: Billboards
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Coca Cola billboard advertising sign painted on the side of a brick building. 1953-58
Title: Billboards
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two 1950s billboards. The one on the left is sponsored by Royer Motor Company located at 173 St. Paul Street, Burlington, Vermont. The other advertises Yankee Doodles pastries by Drake's.
Title: Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 photo of George E. Little, Sr. of George Little Press, seated at a desk with an open yearbook with George E. Little, Jr. leaning looking on. Left is Peter Upton, right is Roger Baker. A version of this photo appears in the BHS 1954 yearbook, Oread, p. 103, Advertisements section.
Title: Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Susan Bates, BHS senior student, with Mr. George E. Little, Sr (seated) and George Little, Jr. of George Little Press of Burlington. March 1955 calendar on the wall far left.
Title: Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 photo of BHS senior student Peter Upton (left) with Mr. George Little, Sr. (seated) and George Little, Jr. of the George Little Press of Burlington. A version of this photo appears in the 1954 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 103, Advertisements section.
Title: Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 Mr. William S. Preston, Sr. with BHS student, Ann Kolk (business manager of the Oread) at the F. J. Preston & Son jewelry store in Burlington. Photo appears in the 1954 BHS Oread, p. 34, Advertisements section.
Title: Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 photo of Mr. George E. Little (seated) of George Little Press with Mr. George E. Little, Jr. and two BHS seniors (Roger Baker, left)
Title: Business Enterprises - E-H
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935-1936 Fassetts Bakery truck advertising Sno-Flake Bread.
Title: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Women's cosmetics (exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont?) showing a line of Daggett & Ramsdell beauty preparations. See also mcalA17F08i04 that looks to be the actual store window.
Title: Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Maple products of the Vermont Maple Orchards, Inc. of Burlington, Vt.
Title: Store Windows
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Unipower radio equipment display. Perhaps part of a business exhibition at Memorial Auditorium.
Title: Store Windows
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Western Union window display with baskets of flowers.
Title: Store Windows
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Socony automotive exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing supplies for the automobiles including lubricating oil. See also mcalA13F06i06
Title: Store Windows
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Women's cosmetics window display showing a line of Daggett & Ramsdell beauty preparations. See also mcalA13F06i08
Title: Store Windows
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Advertising display for Young's Pharmacy showing Squibb Mineral Oil products.
Title: Store Windows
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Window display for Electrolux refrigerators and other kitchen equipment.
Title: Stores - Humphrey's (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936; 1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Clothing store at 85 Church St., Burlington. Angled-panel window display features men's hats (fedoras) as well as 2 large ads for Mallory, apparently the brand on display.
Title: Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Obviously a display for gloves but also for some unidentifiable products that promise some excitement. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the use of the word "dynamite" to indicate that something is powerful or impressive dates from the early 1940s.
Title: Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
"Clothing and Cosmetics Store." Ladies apparel, very likely spring and summer fashions. 2 signs advertise Saybury Robes and House Coats.
Title: Stores - S.S. Kresge (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955; 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Window display at S.S. Kresge's at the time of their remodeling. Decorations anticipate harvest and Thanksgiving Day.
Title: Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Display of Kem-Tone, "the modern miracle wall finish," with several cans of the product, ad panels, and even a room in a dollhouse. Roman numerals on window are part of clock face that indicates, possibly, the store's lunch hour (see mcalB18F26i06).
Title: Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Display of "Kem-Tone, the miracle wall finish" at a Sherwin-Williams paint store in Burlington, Vt. "Here!! Try it yourself and be convinced" is the message behind the pyramid of paint cans.
Title: Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946; 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Display of "Mello-Gloss" paint, which leaves a washable surface.
Title: Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Display window at the Sherwin-Williams Paints store in Burlington, Vt.
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