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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Title: Anniversary Celebrations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A large display on a stage with banner 50th anniversary. Many baskets of flowers. Oak leaf emblem center top.
Title: First Congregational Church - Interior
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946/1947 Easter tulips, lilies, palms and other spring flowers decorate the church sanctuary.
Title: First Congregational Church - Interior
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Easter tulips, lilies, palms and other spring flowers decorate the church sanctuary.
Title: First Congregational Church - Interior
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Easter tulips, lilies, palms and other spring flowers decorate the church sanctuary.
Title: First Congregational Church - Interior
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 photo of the First Congregational Church sanctuary decorated for Easter. Lilies, tulips and other spring flowers adorn the pulpit area.
Title: First Congregational Church - Interior
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of the First Congregational Church sanctuary decorated for Easter. Lilies, tulips and other spring flowers adorn the pulpit area.
Title: Flowers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Picket fence with flowers, some of which are delphiniums
Title: Flowers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Scene inside a funeral parlor. Huge flower arrangements surround a coffin in which there is a deceased.
Title: Flowers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Gladiolus.
Title: Flowers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Gladiolus held in person's hand.
Title: Flowers, Pots
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Gladiolus flower
Title: Flowers, Pots
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Gladiolus flower
Title: Flowers, Pots
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Gladiolus flower.
Title: Flowers, Pots
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Gloxinia flowering plant in a pot on a wooden stand. Photo #8.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1937 photo of a circular garden with a fountain in the center.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Another 1937 view of the circular garden with the fountain in the center showing a brick wall and gate.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a large flower garden with a stepping stone path and arbor or trellis.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Another 1944 photo of the large flower garden with a stepping stone path.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Another 1944 photo of the large flower garden with a stepping stone path and arbor or trellis showing the many tulips in bloom.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 / 1947 garden along a hillside with paths leading up the slope to an arbor or trellis.
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal three quarter length photo portrait of a mature woman in a short sleeved gown with a star brooch holding and admiring a bouquet of chrysanthemum flowers.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 photo of crowned Virgin Mary statue in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's, Burlington, Vermont as part of the May Crowning religious ceremony. Lilies among the flowers seen.
Title: Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Saint Joseph's Church with religious statues and lilies and ferns. Photo 2.
Title: Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of religious statue (Virgin Mary) under a canopy surrounded by lilies in Saint Joseph's Church.
Title: Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of the interior of St. Joseph's Church, which has a statue of Mary under a canopy and placed at the top of some steps. The statue is well lighted and surrounded by Easter lilies, palms, and other flowers.
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