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 Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [9]
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- Auditoriums [5]
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Topic: ("Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.)")
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of an agricultural exhibition booth presented by the Kiwanis Club of Burlington, Vermont and the Colchester Home Dem. Club. On display are fresh vegetables and home goods. Location may be the Memorial Auditorium in Burlington. 1940s
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of an agricultural exhibition booth with a large display of canned goods and fresh vegetables. Banner reads "Buy Victory Bonds" Undated but may be 1940s. Location Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Retail booth at an exhibition. 1940s
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Several tables display canned goods and fresh vegetables at an agricultural exhibition. A large banner reads "Buy Victory Bonds". Must have been held in the Fall as there are squash and pumpkins seen. Undated but may be 1940s and location may be Memorial Auditorium in Burlington.
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of exhibition booths. Fresh vegetables and canned goods are on some of the tables. Undated but may be 1940s ; location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium.
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of exhibition booths displaying fresh vegetables and canned goods. Undated but may be 1940s; location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium.
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of exhibition booths. Fresh vegetables and canned goods are on some of the tables. Undated but may be 1940s ; location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium.
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: 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
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