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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- Exhibit booths [9]
- Business [6]
- Exhibitions [5]
- A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc [3]
- Auditoriums [3]
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Title: A.M. Kidder & Co.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 or 1952 display booth - A.M. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT, an investment firm.
Title: A.M. Kidder & Co.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950s display booth - A.M. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT; an investment firm.
Title: A.M. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950s display booth - A.M. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT; an investment firm.
Title: Edgar Chott & Sons
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Mid 1930s Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT An assortment of boating supplies: life jackets and buoys, pads and paddles, a model sailboat kit, etc. Apparently a display for a boat show or other business exhibition. Sign reads: American Pad & Textile Co. Edgar Chiott & Son, Distributors.
Title: Edgar Chott & Sons
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Mid 1930s Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT An assortment of boating supplies: life jackets and buoys, pads and paddles, a model sailboat kit, etc. Apparently a display for a boat show or other business exhibition. Sign reads: American Pad & Textile Co. Edgar Chiott & Son, Distributors. (Slightly darker duplicate of mcalB08F08i02.)
Title: Edgar Chott & Sons
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Mid 1930s Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT Lower level of Memorial Auditorium and a display of boats and boating supplies owned by Edgar Chiott & Sons. Chiott is listed as lighthouse keeper and proprietor in the Burlington city directory. (Duplicate of mcalB08F08i04.)
Title: Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950s shoe display in a glass enclosed display case.
Title: War Bond Campaign
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 Three women standing behind what appears to be a War Bonds sales counter (location unknown). Patriotic background has slogans like "Back the Attack!," "Keep 'em fighting," and "For baby's future, Buy War Bonds," a not so subtle appeal to the safety of children. A list of charitable organizations (mostly for women) competing in the purchase of bonds is posted in the upper left corner.
Title: War Bond Campaign
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 Three women standing behind what appears to be a War Bonds sales counter (location unknown). Patriotic background has slogans like "Back the Attack!," "Keep 'em fighting," and "For baby's future, Buy War Bonds," a not so subtle appeal to the safety of children. A list of charitable organizations (mostly for women) competing in the purchase of bonds is posted in the upper left corner.
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