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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- black-and-white photographs [71]
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- Portrait photography [71]
- Men [46]
- Women [30]
- Nurses [24]
- Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.) [21]
- Nuns [5]
- Soldiers [4]
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- Chapels [3]
- College graduates [2]
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Title: Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 portrait photo of nurse graduates gathered inside. Each holds a diploma. Photo #3.
Title: Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 portrait photo of nurse graduates gathered inside. Each holds a diploma. Photo #4.
Title: Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 portrait photo of nurse graduates gathered inside. Each holds a diploma. Photo #2.
Title: Fanny Allen Hospital: School of Nurses Training - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This photo appears in the Burlington Free Press of June 7, 1944 (one day after D-Day). In the front row (l.-r.) are: Marjorie Malbourne, Gertrude Valyou, Sr. Bisson (Superintendent of Nurses, Fanny Allen Hospital), Lorraine Barber, Lorraine Dion. Back row (l.-r.): Barbara McNeil, Bernadette Daly, Doritt Rylant, Alfreda Moreau, Ruby Story, Kathleen McNally, and Margaret Rice. Photo #2?
Title: Fanny Allen Hospital: School of Nurses Training - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This photo appears in the Burlington Free Press of June 7, 1944 (one day after D-Day). In the front row (l.-r.) are: Marjorie Malbourne, Gertrude Valyou, Sr. Bisson (Superintendent of Nurses, Fanny Allen Hospital), Lorraine Barber, Lorraine Dion. Back row (l.-r.): Barbara McNeil, Bernadette Daly, Doritt Rylant, Alfreda Moreau, Ruby Story, Kathleen McNally, and Margaret Rice. Photo #1.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Spring, Summer Cadet Nurses. Photo #1?
Title: Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Spring, Summer Cadet Nurses. Photo #3.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Spring, Summer Cadet Nurses at Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT) Photo #2.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Spring, Summer Cadet Nurses at Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT) Photo #4.
Title: Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Summer, Fall, Winter A large group of servicemen with a few service women gathered for a portrait photo. A Coca-Cola poster hangs on the wall in the corner.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 or 1936 group portrait of seven military officers. Photo #2.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 or 1936 group portrait of seven military officers. Photo #1.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 or 1936 group portrait of military officers assembled outside Post Headquarters. Photo #6.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 or 1936 group portrait of military officers assembled outside Post Headquarters. Photo #5.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 or 1936 group portrait of military officers assembled outside Post Headquarters. Two officers in dress white uniforms seen to the far right. Photo #3.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 or 1936 group portrait of military officers assembled outside Post Headquarters. Two men in dress white uniforms seen to the far right.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 or 1936 portrait photo of two military officers. Photo #1.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 or 1936 portrait photo of two military officers.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 or 1936 portrait photo of a group of military officers.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 or 1936 portrait photo of a group of military officers.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1937 portrait photo of a military officer.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1937 portrait photo of a military officer. Photo #6.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1937 portrait photo of a military officer.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1937 portrait photo of a military officer.
Title: Military Officers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1937 portrait photo of a military officer.
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