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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Author: ("McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963")
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
ROTC artillery on the march to the range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. July 1934. Column of horse drawn artillery and mounted soldiers accompanied by an automobile.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cavalry Reserve Officers Artillery Range Forth Ethan Allen. Background shows area with pitched tents and row of parked automobiles. Dated Aug. 1934.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
ROTC Artillery On the March to the Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. July 1934. Column of horse drawn artillery and mounted soldiers
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-09-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The Review of the 18th Brigade by Gen. Summerall. On the Artillery Range of Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. Column of mounted soldiers on dirt road. Dated Sept 7, 1928.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 1934. ROTC Artillery On the March to the Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. Column of horse drawn artillery and mounted military.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cavalry Reserve Officers Artillery Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. August 1934. Group of standing and seated military with row of parked automobiles behind them. Photo #13.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cavalry Reserve Officers Artillery Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. August 1934. Military men walking away from tented area. Photo #6.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
ROTC Artillery On the March to the Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. July 1934. Column of mounted military men and horse drawn artillery. Dirt road with utility poles and lines. Photo #16.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Column of marching and mounted military men and horse drawn artillery on road with utility poles and lines. Railroad tracks along roadside. Undated. Photo #5.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Column of marching and mounted military men. Automobiles going in the opposite direction. Railroad track along side of the road. Photo #17.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Column of marching and mounted military men. Automobiles going in the opposite direction. Railroad track along side of the road. Photo #19.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Column of mounted military men. Railroad track along side of the road. Photo #21.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cavalry Reserve Officers Artillery Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. August 1934. Camp site with pitched tents and row of parked automobiles are also visible.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Machine guns in action, Artillery Range, Fort Ethan Allen Vt. smoke screen. Men seated on the ground observing others firing machine guns.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Military men firing machine guns.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Machine guns in action, Artillery Range, Fort Ethan Allen Vt. Military men seated on the ground observing others fire machine guns.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Machine guns in action, Artillery Range, Fort Ethan Allen Vt. Military men with helmets firing machine guns at night.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Portrait of military men with rifles in front of tents. Photo signed by McAllister.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Portrait of military men with rifles in front of buildings and tents. Undated but may be circa 1917.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1917-06
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 1917 photo of Troop D Nineteenth Cavalry Portrait of military men with rifles in front of tents.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Military men seated on hillside, eating and resting. Photo #2.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Portrait of military men in front of tents. One is holding a flag with 172 H.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Military men in the field with scopes and tripods.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group of military men firing artillery. Photo #10.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group of military men with scopes and binoculars. Photo #17.
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