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.) [28]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [1]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [1]
- Winooski (Vt.) [1]
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- image [39]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [39]
- photographs [39]
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- Offices [39]
- Business [9]
- Employees [8]
- Interior architecture [5]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Portrait photography [3]
- College students [2]
- College teachers [2]
- Furniture [2]
- House furnishings [2]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [2]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [1]
- College graduates [1]
- Flowers [1]
- High school teachers [1]
- Machinery [1]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [1]
- Students [1]
- Veterans [1]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [1]
- Young men [1]
- Young women [1]
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Topic: ("Offices")
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Title: Trinity College - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 photo of Trinity College students with faculty member/Sister of Mercy, reading together from a book. Office probably in the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #25.
Title: Trinity College - Sports & Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 Trinity College students gathered in an office in the Admin. Building (Mann Hall).
Title: Vermont Structural Steel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Business office of Vermont Structural Steel with a sign with the name F. W. Floyd, Chief Engineer seen in upper left corner. 1951.
Title: Vermont Structural Steel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Another view of the business office of Vermont Structural Steel. Sign with the name F. W. Floyd, Chief Engineer seen in upper right corner. 1951.
Title: Vermont Structural Steel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Office of Vermont Structural Steel with engineers working at drafting tables. 1951.
Title: Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1951 photo of the administrative office at Vt. Structural Steel. Three employees are present but difficult to see because of the under exposure and blurred areas.
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1946 photo of a promotion for "Wear a V.F.W. Buddy Poppy," very likely a fund raising activity for the VFW. Two women hold a poster describing the concept, while a veteran (wearing the cap) either receives or gives a poppy to a lady. The location may be the offices of the VFW at 69 College St., Burlington, Vt. (Howard Plant Post, #782). In the background are an American flag, the VFW post flag, a cross, and some military emblems.
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1951 photo (overexposed sequel of mcalB21F11i03) promoting the VFW poppy sale as a fundraising token. A boy presents a poppy to a local dignitary (Mayor Moran of Burlington?) as two veterans look on.
Title: Veterinarian's Office: Charles W. Gates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 photo of veterinarian's office of Charles W. Gates at 240 Shelburne Road. Dr. Gates sits at a table.
Title: Veterinarian's Office: Charles W. Gates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 photo of veterinarian's office of Charles W. Gates at 240 Shelburne Road. Dr. Gates sits at a table.
Title: Veterinarian's Office: Charles W. Gates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 photo of veterinarian's office of Charles W. Gates at 240 Shelburne Road. Dr. Gates sits at a table.
Title: Wells & Richardson Co. (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated interior view of Wells & Richardson Co. (Burlington, VT)
Title: Wells & Richardson Co. (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated interior view of Wells & Richardson Co. (Burlington, VT)
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Oct. 1952 photo of a student and the school guidance counselor, who is pointing at a pamphlet titled "Engineering As A Career." This may have been taken for the school yearbook, along with the other class photos.
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