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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- Toys [12]
- Children [5]
- Dwellings [4]
- Portrait photography [4]
- Dolls [3]
- High school students [2]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [2]
- Puppets [2]
- Women [2]
- Architectural photography [1]
- Auditoriums [1]
- Banners [1]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Church buildings [1]
- Classrooms [1]
- Furniture [1]
- Gymnasiums [1]
- Interior architecture [1]
- Salvation Army [1]
- Santa Claus [1]
- Young women [1]
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Title: Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An interior view of a corner of a room with a view into an adjoining room. A Yale banner and a racket hang from the wall. Furnishings include wicker chairs, a lamps with a fringed lamp shade, a throw covered couch with pillows,toy stuffed dog and a doll. Simple area rugs cover the floor.
Title: Mount St. Mary's
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Circa 1954-1957 students of Mount St. Mary's participate in a Christmas drive for the poor. Boxes and baskets of goods include canned food, clothing and toys. Some of the boxes are labeled for whom the gifts would be appropriate (e.g. adults, or children). A poster hangs in back listing special needs items wanted. Photo #2.
Title: Mount St. Mary's
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Circa 1954-1957 students of Mount St. Mary's participate in a Christmas drive for the poor. Boxes and baskets of goods include canned food, clothing and toys. Some of the boxes are labeled for whom the gifts would be appropriate (e.g. adults or children). A poster hangs in back listing special needs items wanted. Photo #1.
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Four young children pose for a group portrait. Two girls stand, a younger girl in on a wooden rocking horse and a young boy is seated in a child's rocking chair. Photo #1. See also mcalA14F15i17, mcalB14F10i01, mcalB14F11i01
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Four young children pose for a group portrait. Two girls stand, a younger girl in on a wooden rocking horse and a young boy is seated in a child's rocking chair. Photo #2. See also mcalA14F15i16
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Seven very young children are assembled on a living room couch for a group portrait. They each hold a toy or doll except the little boy on the far left. See also mcalA14F15i18
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of young children (perhaps kindergarten age) are seen in their day care center (may be a church or nursery setting). They gather around tables, chairs, doll carriage and sand box. Two older women stand in back along with an older girl. See also mcalA14F16i32
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of young children sit in a classroom setting (perhaps a church school class as a small replica of a church is seen on the arm of a chair in the foreground) surrounded by paper cardboard building blocks of the 1950s. Three women attend the the boys and girls. A doll house among other toys are seen in the room. See also mcalA14F16i26
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Santa Claus and several other men and women display footballs and other toys as they stand behind two long tables. Location may be the Memorial Auditorium in the 1920s or 1930s during a Christmas party probably sponsored by a local organization.
Title: Salvation Army
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949; 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948-1949 photo of four young children standing with Maj. Elsie Russell of the Salvation Army in a presentation of some sort. The children each hold a toy. May be at 117 Cherry St., Burlington.
Title: Stores - Windows - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936; 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 / 1936 store window display, somewhat like a diorama, with puppets representing storybook content in general or that being read by a seated doll or mannequin in the foreground. Two other child size mannequins also in the foreground.
Title: Stores - Windows - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936; 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 / 1936 store window display, somewhat like a diorama, with puppets representing storybook content in general or that being read by a seated doll or mannequin in the foreground. Two other child size mannequins also in the foreground. See also mcalB18F30i01.
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