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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Topic: ("Portrait photography")
Title: Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Portrait of ten mounted individuals, eight women and two men lined up in front of a brick building. The brick building behind the equestrian group is today the Elley-Long concert hall--it was an indoor cavalry drill hall at the time McAllister took the photograph (ca. 1925).
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two women seated in a horse drawn buggy on a dirt road lined by many birch trees. The women wear large elaborate hats.
Title: Photographs
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Photograph of an undated photograph that has been mounted in a paper frame. Two women sit in a horse drawn carriage on a wooded dirt road.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
1950 photo of a man, a woman, a mare and her colt standing outside on a grassy field in front of a house. Photo #2.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
1950 photo of the same man in mcalB15F03i01 standing in a field with a colt. The man wears a shiny belted jacket and cap.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
1950 photo of a man, his wife, a mare and her colt standing outside on a grassy field in front of a house. Photo #1.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
1950 photo of a man, a woman, a mare and her colt standing outside on a grassy field in front of a house. Photo #3.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
1950 photo of a man in a shiny belted jacket and cap with a young colt standing outside on a grassy field. Photo #10.
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958; 1958
Profile portrait photo of a young woman wearing a riding outfit sits on a saddled horse that stands in a field. Dated 1958. Photo #4.
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958; 1958
A young woman wearing a riding outfit sits on a saddled horse that stands in a field. Dated 1958. Photo #6.
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958; 1958
A young woman wearing a riding outfit sits on a saddled horse that stands in a field. Dated 1958. Photo #3.
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
A young woman wearing a riding outfit sits on a saddled horse that stands in a field. Photo #5. Undated but same as previous photos dated 1958.
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