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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- Housing [78]
- Dwellings [63]
- Architectural photography [53]
- Buildings [48]
- Street photography [15]
- Construction projects [2]
- Street signs [2]
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Topic: ("Housing")
Title: Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An older couple and their dog stand in front of their home with the garage and parked car seen to the left. Dated 1947.
Title: Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An older couple and their dog stand in front of their home with the garage and parked car seen to the left. Dated 1947.
Title: Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 photo of a home with an enclosed front porch and a large tree in the front yard. Adirondack style chair seen on the lawn.
Title: Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 summertime photo of a two story clapboard sided house with pitched roof. It has a small pediment front entry. Paneled shutters seen on windows. Large mature trees surround the house. Another large building seen in the background. Perhaps a barn. See also mcalA11F16i42
Title: Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A countryside home is seen along a dirt road. A two door garage is nearby with a parked car.
Title: Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 photo of a home with an enclosed front porch and a large tree in the front yard. Adirondack style chair seen on the lawn.
Title: Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 photo of a home with an enclosed front porch along an unpaved country dirt road. Adirondack style chair seen on the lawn.
Title: Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s photo of a cottage by a lake. For another view of this see mcalB09F24i19.
Title: Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of a hanging chandelier. Elaborate wallpaper seen on the wall behind.
Title: Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of a chandelier hanging from a ceiling. Landscape paintings hang on the wall behind.
Title: Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of a living room with a chandelier hanging from a ceiling and reflected in a very large mirror to the right.
Title: Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of a bedroom with two twin size beds, a writing desk and bureaus.
Title: Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of a living room with upholstered furniture, a fireplace and a large Persian type rug on the floor. A beautiful high style chest of drawers seen to the right.
Title: Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1940s photo of a bedroom with a twin size bed, other furnishings including a small writing desk placed against a door and braided area rugs on the floor.
Title: Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 interior photo of a furnished bedroom with a fireplace.
Title: Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of a furnished bedroom with two double beds.
Title: Houses -Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Summit St., street no. unknown. Architecture similar to that of 192 Summit (see mcalB09F17i04 and others).
Title: Houses -Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of 27 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.
Title: Houses -Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of 27 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.
Title: Houses -Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 winter photo of the back corner of 47 N. Winooski Ave. showing long icicles hanging down in front of a window from the eaves above.
Title: Houses -Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 winter photo of the back corner of 47 N. Winooski Ave. showing long icicles hanging down in front of a window from the eaves above.
Title: Houses -Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 backyard photo of 47 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington with melting snow. View is of back of house looking towards Clarke Street that runs beyond the houses to the houses to the left.
Title: Houses -Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
192 Summit St., Burlington, VT. Owner in 1935: Oren S. Nims.
Title: Houses -Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s photo of unidentified house with two porch entries. Steps for one entrance are at the corner of the house. An upper story porch is enclosed and there is a rear entrance seen to the far left in back. Could this be 119 North Willard Street, Burlington??
Title: Houses -Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
26 Robinson Parkway, Burlington. 1930s photo of a two story clapboard house in winter. It has a gambrel shaped roof with chimney at end. Short heavy doric style columns seen supporting an overhanging side porch roof.
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