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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Place(s)
- Burlington (Vt.) [4594]
- Champlain, Lake [71]
- Battery Park (Vt.) [38]
- Colchester (Vt.) [28]
- Winooski (Vt.) [15]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [1]
Format(s)
- image [4594]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [4051]
- photographs [4051]
Topic(s)
- Portrait photography [1468]
- Construction projects [885]
- Street photography [725]
- High school students [685]
- Buildings [624]
- University of Vermont [301]
- Business [290]
- Young women [290]
- Architectural photography [289]
- Construction workers [276]
- College students [264]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [198]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [198]
- Men [197]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [189]
- Women [185]
- Students [176]
- Priests [167]
- Children [155]
- High school athletes [154]
- High school students Dramatic production [148]
- Dwellings [145]
- Stores, Retail [142]
- High school buildings [136]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [132]
- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [126]
- Bands (Music) [124]
- Young men [124]
- Hospitals [123]
- Burlington International Airport [120]
- Greek letter societies [120]
- Landscape photography [117]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [116]
- Nuns [116]
- Gymnasiums [114]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [110]
- Machinery [109]
- Musicians [104]
- Boys [103]
- High school graduates [103]
- Choirs (Music) [102]
- Interior architecture [100]
- Auditoriums [99]
- Automobiles [99]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [98]
- Actors [97]
- Musical groups [92]
- School children [92]
- Employees [91]
- Basketball [89]
- Trucks [81]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [76]
- Chapels [74]
- Drum majorettes [69]
- Urban parks [67]
- Baseball [63]
- Classrooms [63]
- Street-railroad tracks [61]
- College teachers [58]
- Costume [56]
- Service stations [55]
- Department stores [54]
- Housing [54]
- College graduates [52]
- Family [52]
- First communion [50]
- Bridges [49]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [49]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [48]
- School sports [47]
- St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.) [46]
- United StatesWork Projects Administration. [46]
- Veterans [46]
- Banners [45]
- Order of the Eastern StarGrand Chapter of Vermont [45]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [45]
- Choruses [44]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [44]
- Boats and boating [43]
- Nurses [42]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [37]
- Brides [36]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [36]
- S.S. Kresge Company [36]
- Ferries [35]
- Gas ovens [35]
- Theaters Stage-setting and scenery [35]
- Champlain Transportation Company [34]
- Weddings [34]
- Worship programs [34]
- Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.) [33]
- United StatesPublic Works Administration. [33]
- Advertising [31]
- Ships [31]
- Snowplows [31]
- Women veterans [31]
- Bridegrooms [30]
- Warships [30]
- Middle school students [29]
- Waste disposal sites [29]
- Offices [28]
- Heineberg Bridge (Chittenden County, Vt.) [27]
- Oil storage tanks [27]
- Snow removal [27]
- Railroad tracks [25]
- Cheerleading [24]
- Confirmation Catholic Church [24]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesLadies Auxiliary.Dept. of Vermont [24]
- Class reunions [23]
- St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.) [23]
- Statues [22]
- Tractors [21]
- Street signs [20]
- Animals [19]
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [19]
- Burlington Business College [18]
- High school teachers [18]
- Sewage disposal [18]
- Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States [18]
- Buses [17]
- Drugstores [17]
- Bank buildings [16]
- Christmas greens [16]
- VermontEmergency Relief Administration [16]
- Billboards [15]
- DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [15]
- First United Methodist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [15]
- Marriage [15]
- Radio stations [15]
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [15]
- Exhibitions [14]
- Railroad trains [14]
- Athletics [13]
- Flowers [13]
- New England Telephone and Telegraph Company [13]
- Salvation Army [13]
- Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.) [13]
- Soldiers [13]
- Dance [12]
- Fraternal Order of Eagles [12]
- Museums [12]
- Orchestra [12]
- Quarries and quarrying [12]
- Santa Claus [12]
- Snowblowers [12]
- Theaters [12]
- Robert Hull Fleming Museum [11]
- South Burlington Central School (Vt.) [11]
- Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Furniture [10]
- House furnishings [10]
- Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Refuse and refuse disposal [10]
- St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Traffic accidents [10]
- Hotels [9]
- Radio broadcasters [9]
- Restaurants [9]
- Airplanes [8]
- Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.) [8]
- Cake [8]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [8]
- Vermont Transit Company [8]
- Bowling [7]
- Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- J.K. Kidder Mfg. Co., Inc [7]
- Monuments [7]
- Tractors Equipment and supplies [7]
- Ballerinas [6]
- Beauty operators [6]
- Burlington Federal Savings [6]
- Chairs [6]
- Christmas pageants [6]
- Dance recitals [6]
- Exhibit booths [6]
- Gardens [6]
- High school students Track and field [6]
- Painting [6]
- Parades [6]
- Rifles [6]
- Wreckers (Vehicles) [6]
- Boy Scouts [5]
- Convenience stores [5]
- Elihu B. Taft Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Hardware [5]
- Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc [5]
- Reunions [5]
- Tank trucks [5]
- Trailers [5]
- Van Ness House [5]
- Blackface entertainers [4]
- Cafeterias [4]
- Flood damage [4]
- General Electric Company [4]
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows [4]
- Piano [4]
- Post office buildings [4]
- Rifle practice [4]
- Tennis [4]
- Track and field athletes [4]
- Waste disposal in the ground [4]
- A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc [3]
- Armed Forces Officers [3]
- Burlington Rapid Transit Company [3]
- Cemeteries [3]
- Cosmetics [3]
- Dolls [3]
- First Church of Christ, Scientist (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Horses [3]
- Infants [3]
- Motels [3]
- Stoves [3]
- Ticonderoga (Steamship) [3]
- Toys [3]
- Vaults (Strong rooms) [3]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [3]
- Dairying Equipment and supplies [2]
- Flag raising and lowering [2]
- Fletcher Free Library [2]
- Football [2]
- Government vessels [2]
- Manholes [2]
- Mater Christi School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Middlebury College [2]
- Plants [2]
- Tap dancers [2]
- Vehicles, Military [2]
- Vermont 4-H Clubs [2]
- A.D. Pease Grain Co. [1]
- Barns [1]
- Blasting [1]
- Burlington (Vt.)Police Dept. [1]
- Camps [1]
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Cows [1]
- Culverts [1]
- Display of merchandise [1]
- Fanny Allen Hospital [1]
- Farms [1]
- Firearms [1]
- Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Girl Scouts [1]
- Kake Walk (Event) [1]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [1]
- Lakeview Cemetery (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Merchants National Bank (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Minstrel shows [1]
- Police [1]
- Radio actors and actresses [1]
- Refrigerators [1]
- Sand and gravel mines and mining [1]
- Sepulchral monuments [1]
- Skating [1]
- Street-railroads [1]
- United Service Organizations (U.S.) [1]
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