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.) [36]
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- black-and-white photographs [34]
- photographs [34]
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- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [38]
- Buildings [16]
- Portrait photography [16]
- Bands (Music) [10]
- Musical groups [10]
- Women [5]
- Construction workers [4]
- City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Nurses [3]
- Burlington (Vt.)Police Dept. [2]
- Buses [2]
- Church buildings [2]
- Employees [2]
- Machinery [2]
- Police [2]
- Stores, Retail [2]
- Street-railroad tracks [2]
- Urban parks [2]
- Auditoriums [1]
- Automobiles [1]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [1]
- Interior architecture [1]
- Trucks [1]
- University of Vermont [1]
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Topic: ("Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.)")
Title: UVM - School of Nursing
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 portrait photo of a large group of nurses assembled on the west side of City Hall in Burlington, Vt. Some appear to be wearing military uniforms, ready for wartime service directly after nursing school.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two groups of men and women assembled on the steps of the west side of Burlington City Hall. All are dressed for cold weather. The group in the foreground looks well-to-do. Three men are wearing military uniforms, so it may date from the early 1940s. The UVM connection is unknown but very likely an alumni gathering.
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Lisbon, NH school band poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT)
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Monroe, NH school band poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #4?
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 school band poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #9.
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 McLure's Student Band from McIndoes, Vermont school poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #2.
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Littleton School Band from Littleton, NH poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #5.
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952. Monroe School Band from Monroe, New Hampshire assembled on the steps of Burlington Vermont's City Hall (facing west). Photo #3.
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Lisbon, NH school band poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #7?
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952. McLure's Student Band from McIndoes, Vermont assembled on the steps of Burlington Vermont's City Hall (facing west). Image blurry in spots.
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Littleton School Band from Littleton, NH poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #6.
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 school band poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #10
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel arch structure. Workmen and airplanes seen. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington. Photo #7.
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