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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- Family [52]
- Portrait photography [34]
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Topic: ("Family")
Place: ("Burlington (Vt.)")
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Judy Hauck and her father, Mr. George K. Hauck of the George K. Hauck Agency. Photo appears in the 1955 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 109.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Linda Cummings (class of 1960) and her father, Mr. Baxter Cummings of the M. Baxter Cummings, Jr. Agency.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Burlington High School student, Judy Hauck and her father, Mr. George K. Hauck of the George K. Hauck Agency of Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Linda Cummings (class of 1960) and her father, Mr. Baxter Cummings of the M. Baxter Cummings, Jr. Agency. Photo appears in the BHS yearbook Oread, p. 123.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of George Hagar, vice-president of Hagar Hardware & Paint Company and his daughter, Harriet.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of George Hagar, vice-president of Hagar Hardware & Paint Company and his daughter, Harriet, a Burlington High School student.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of George Hagar, vice-president of Hagar Hardware & Paint Company and his daughter, Harriet, a Burlington High School student. Photo appears in the 1955 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 135.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Mr. Ben B. Lane of The Lane Press in Burlington, with his daughter, Vickie Lane, a Burlington High School student. They stand in front of some of the printing press machinery.
Title: Congregational Church, First - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Rev. Dr. George William Lawrence, Mrs. Nancy Lawrence with daughter Virginia and son George William III. Rev. Lawrence was Associate Minister of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont in the 1950s. Location is 30 Adams Street, Burlington, Vermont. Nancy and son George Lawrence write, "Each year the church put out a brochure to be used during the "Every Member Canvass" for operational funds. Pictures of the minister and associated minister and their families were always included." Photo date may be late 1950s.
Title: Congregational Church, First - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Rev. Dr. George William Lawrence, Mrs. Nancy Lawrence with young daughter Virginia and son George William III. Rev. Lawrence was Associate Minister of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont in the 1950s. Undated but may be early or mid 1950s. Photo taken at 30 Adams Street in Burlington, Vermont. Most likely photo was for the annual church brochure used to canvas members for operational funds.
Title: First Congregational Church - Rev. George W. Lawrence Assoc. Minister
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First Congregational Church associate minister the Rev. George W. Lawrence, Jr. and his wife, Nancy and their two children, George W. III and Virginia. Probably the 1950s.
Title: First Congregational Church - Rev. George W. Lawrence Assoc. Minister
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First Congregational Church associate minister the Rev. George W. Lawrence, Jr. and his wife, Nancy and their two children, George W. III and Virginia. Probably the 1950s.
Title: L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister seen back row, far right. His grandniece, Joanne Raymond is in front row right holding the colllie. Joanne's mother is front row left.Two family dogs included. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
Title: L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister absent from this exposure. His grandniece, Joanne Raymond is in front row right holding the colllie. Joanne's mother is front row left. Two family dogs included. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
Title: L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister absent in this exposure. Two family dogs included; a chihuahua and a collie. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. See also mcalA12F12i03
Title: L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister seen back row, far right. Two family dogs included; a chihuahua and a collie. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group family photo with nephew, his wife and daughter along with other relatives. Louis McAllister is seen in the back row on the right end. Undated but may be 1930s. Two family dogs are also seen; a chihuahua sits in a woman's lap and a collie is seen at the right. Location backyard at McAllister's home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. See also mcalB10F15i03 for dated photo.
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group photo of McAllister's nephew, his wife and daughter (McAllister's grandniece, Joanne Raymond) with collie dog. They appear in other photos in the collection. Location is the backyard of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Direction looking west.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948; 1947-1948
1947 or 1948 winter photo of a young couple with their dog outside the front stoop at 52 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vt. Rooms lent in the 1940s by Mrs. Lydia M. Harte.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948; 1947-1948
1947 or 1948 winter photo of a young couple with their dog outside the front stoop at 52 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vt. Rooms lent in the 1940s by Mrs. Lydia M. Harte.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
1952 outdoor photo of family members, assembled in front of an automobile in the back yard of the McAllister residence.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Members of McAllister's family (including Joanne Raymond, McAllister's grandniece) with collie and chihuahua dogs. Most likely taken at McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Undated but may be 1950s. See mcalA12F12i03, mcalB10F15i03, mcalB10F15i04 for same family members.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936; 1935-1936
Mid-1930s outdoor photo of three women, from possibly three generations, and a young child, all very likely in the Chester M. Kerr family. Kerr, a salesman, owned this house at 283 So. Prospect St., Burlington (see mcalB14F14i02).
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936; 1935-1936
This is very likely the family of Chester M. Kerr, salesman, who, at the time of this photo, owned this house at 283 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936; 1935-1936
This is very likely the family of Chester M. Kerr, salesman, who, at the time of this photo, owned this house at 283 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt.
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