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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- Infants [62]
- Portrait photography [50]
- House furnishings [29]
- Family [25]
- Children [15]
- Christmas greens [4]
- Chairs [3]
- Salvation Army [3]
- Boys [2]
- Dolls [2]
- Dwellings [2]
- Business [1]
- Machinery [1]
- Soldiers [1]
- Stores, Retail [1]
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- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Young men [1]
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Topic: ("Infants")
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Two images of the same infant placed in the corner of a couch for a portrait photo. Dated 1944. See also mcalB14F01i09 with who may be child's mother and grandmother.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Two images, one of an infant seated on a couch, the other of a young woman standing at a machine. Seen here is a machine similar to a Gammeter Multigraph printer (right) and a typesetter (left). The typesetter is also similar to a Roneo Distributing Fount of the 1920s. Photo dated 1944.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
1944 portrait photo of what may be a family of grandmother, mother and infant. See also mcalB14F01i04 photo of just the child.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Two images of an infant ; one photo has mother holding the baby on the back of the couch while she stands behind. Dated 1944.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Two images of an infant seated in the corner of an upholstered couch or chair. Dated 1944.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Two images of an infant girl placed on a layette with pillow and blanket for a portrait photo. Dated 1944.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Two images of two young children seated in an upholstered chair with a lamb stuffed toy. Dated 1944.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Two images of an infant placed on a layette for a portrait. Dated 1944.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
1944 portrait photo of an infant resting on a decorative pillow on a couch.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Two images of an infant resting on a decorative pillow placed on a couch for a portrait photo. Dated 1944.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Two over exposed images of an infant baby girl lying on a bassinet for a photo portrait. Dated 1944.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947; 1946-1947
1946 or 1947 photo of a Christmas tree in a living room next to a fireplace. An infant rests on a sofa to the left. The mirror over the mantle reflects a mother standing nearby.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947; 1946-1947
Another photo of the same baby girl now laying face down on the small table. She wears only her panties and she is not too happy.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948; 1947-1948
1947 or 1948 photo of an infant smiling seated in a wooden highchair.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947; 1946-1947
1946 or 1947 photo of an infant in a baby jumper seat surrounded with plush toys. Setting is a living room with Christmas tree behind.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947; 1946-1947
1946 or 1947 photo of a living room with Christmas tree, an infant in a jumper seat and a woman (child's mother?) on the left. Plush stuffed animals and baby rattles on the floor. Same child in mcalB14F04i10
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
1949 portrait photo of three children (a sister, brother and infant sibling) sitting in an upholstered chair. Photo #6. Sames children as in mcalB14F05i03
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
1950 photo of an infant in a living room in front of a Christmas tree. Child is seated the on arm of an upholstered chair. A satin quilted baby blanket is spread out on the floor. Mother smiles at the far left. See also mcalB15F03i19 for mother and father with baby.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
1951 or 1952 portrait photo of an infant baby girl.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
1951 or 1952 portrait photo of an infant baby girl.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
1952 photo of an infant placed on a table in front of the family Christmas tree for a portrait.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 photo of an infant baby placed in a sitting position in an upholstered chair for a portrait.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 photo of an infant baby being held in sitting position by her mother's hands for a portrait. Same child as in mcalB14F07i01
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957; 1956-1957
1956 / 1957 portrait photo of an infant sitting in a chair.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957; 1956-1957
A more close up 1956 / 1957 portrait photo of an infant sitting in a chair.
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