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 (Vt.) [97]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [10]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [8]
- Colchester (Vt.) [4]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [3]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [3]
- Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Winooski (Vt.) [1]
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- image [272]
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- black-and-white photographs [272]
- photographs [272]
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- Interior architecture [272]
- Buildings [110]
- Portrait photography [46]
- Business [38]
- Dwellings [37]
- Machinery [17]
- S.S. Kresge Company [15]
- Brides [14]
- Chairs [14]
- Department stores [14]
- Young women [13]
- Bridegrooms [12]
- Weddings [12]
- Auditoriums [11]
- Service stations [10]
- Girls [9]
- Gymnasiums [9]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [9]
- Chapels [8]
- Church buildings [8]
- High school buildings [8]
- Housing [8]
- Marriage [8]
- Restaurants [8]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [8]
- Young men [8]
- Animals [7]
- Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Dolls [7]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Nuns [7]
- Christmas greens [6]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [6]
- Bank buildings [5]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [5]
- Cafeterias [5]
- Children [5]
- Construction projects [5]
- Employees [5]
- Museums [5]
- Offices [5]
- University of Vermont [5]
- Automobiles [4]
- Family [4]
- Fanny Allen Hospital [4]
- Flowers [4]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [4]
- Stores, Retail [4]
- Students [4]
- Banners [3]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Costume [3]
- Dairying Equipment and supplies [3]
- Robert Hull Fleming Museum [3]
- School children [3]
- Soldiers [3]
- St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Statues [3]
- Actors [2]
- Boats and boating [2]
- Cake [2]
- Camps [2]
- Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Construction workers [2]
- Drugstores [2]
- Ferries [2]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Painting [2]
- Ships [2]
- Ticonderoga (Steamship) [2]
- Advertising [1]
- American Legion [1]
- Bands (Music) [1]
- Boys [1]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Burlington International Airport [1]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Choirs (Music) [1]
- Choruses [1]
- Christmas pageants [1]
- Classrooms [1]
- College students [1]
- High school students [1]
- High school students Dramatic production [1]
- Musical groups [1]
- Musicians [1]
- Priests [1]
- Railroad tracks [1]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Rifles [1]
- Salvation Army [1]
- Santa Claus [1]
- Shelburne Museum [1]
- St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.) [1]
- Toys [1]
- Worship programs [1]
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Topic: ("Interior architecture")
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Title: American Legion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
American Legion meal ; 1945/1947? Photo no. 1.
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1929-1960
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a car dealership show room. Large sign in the background to the left reads Lincoln Zephyr ; 1935/36?
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Interior view of a Chrysler DeSoto car dealership show room. 1948/50?
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Interior view of a Chrysler DeSoto car dealership show room. 1948/1950
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Interior photo of parts department of Nash Motors. Royer Motor Co. 173 St. Paul, Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Interior photo of parts department of Nash Motors. Royer Motor Co. 173 St. Paul, Burlington, Vt. Photo #5.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Interior photo of Nash Motors show room. Royer Motor Co. 173 St. Paul, Burlington, Vt. Over head is spelled out the slogan, "Here is your new Nash"
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Interior photo of show room of Nash Motors. Royer Motor Co. 173 St. Paul, Burlington, Vt. Over head is spelled out the slogan, "Here is your new Nash"
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Interior view of car dealership and parts department at 173 St. Paul St. Royer Motor Co., Burlington, Vt.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 refurbished interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall. Ceiling and floor have been redone. Two smaller old style ceiling light bulb fixtures have been removed.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 or 1948 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Interior photo of show room of Nash Motors. Royer Motor Co. 173 St. Paul, Burlington, Vt. Over head is spelled out the slogan, "Here is your new Nash"
Title: Beauty Salon
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1936 interior view of a beauty parlor or salon. A curtain divides the sitting area from the work area. Hair dryers and curling machines to the left. Fall-Spring
Title: Beauty Salon
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1936 interior view of a beauty parlor or salon. A curtain divides the sitting area from the work area. Hair dryers and curling machines to the right. Fall-Spring
Title: Black Cat Cafe
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935/37 Black Cat Cafe & Sea Grill at 160 Bank St, Burlington, Vermont. Interior photo. Employees and management stand for a group photo. Charles Chantis, proprietor. The restaurant burned in the 1970s along with the rest of the block.
Title: Black Cat Cafe
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935/37 Black Cat Cafe & Sea Grill at 160 Bank St, Burlington, Vermont. Interior photo. Employees and management stand for a group photo. Charles Chantis, proprietor. The restaurant burned in the 1970s along with the rest of the block.
Title: Black Cat Cafe
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935/37 Black Cat Cafe & Sea Grill at 160 Bank St, Burlington, Vermont. Interior photo showing booths, several padded chairs, coat rack and stairs in the back. Charles Chantis, proprietor. The restaurant burned in the 1970s along with the rest of the block. Photo #8.
Title: Black Cat Cafe
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935/37 Black Cat Cafe & Sea Grill at 160 Bank St, Burlington, Vermont. Interior photo of an upper room used for banquets and larger gatherings. A small raised stage is seen at the far end with a band assembled there. Photo #3. The restaurant burned in the 1970s along with the rest of the block.
Title: Black Cat Cafe
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s Black Cat Cafe & Sea Grill once located at 160 Bank Street in Burlington, Vt. Booths located on the main floor. The restaurant burned in the 1970s along with the rest of the block. Photo #9.
Title: Black Cat Cafe
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935/37 Black Cat Cafe & Sea Grill at 160 Bank St, Burlington, Vermont. Interior photo showing staff and management personnel along with booths, several padded chairs, coat rack and stairs in the back leading upstairs. Charles Chantis, proprietor. The restaurant burned in the 1970s along with the rest of the block. Photo #1.
Title: Black Cat Cafe
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s interior view of the upper banquet room set up for dining at the Black Cat Cafe once located at 160 Bank St in Burlington, Vt. Tables and wait staff are ready for business.
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