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.) [4594]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [235]
- Middlebury (Vt.) [215]
- Champlain, Lake [214]
- Winooski (Vt.) [211]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [152]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [151]
- Colchester (Vt.) [137]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [120]
- Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.) [86]
- Bristol (Vt.) [63]
- Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.) [61]
- Vergennes (Vt.) [46]
- Milton (Vt.) [41]
- Battery Park (Vt.) [39]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [39]
- St. Albans (Vt.) [27]
- Winooski River (Vt.) [25]
- Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.) [21]
- Mallets Bay (Vt.) [20]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [17]
- Potash Brook (Vt.) [16]
- Waitsfield (Vt.) [16]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [15]
- Camp MacArthur (Vt.) [15]
- Williston (Vt.) [11]
- Essex Junction (Vt.) [7]
- Montpelier (Vt.) [6]
- Richford (Vt.) [4]
- Basin Harbor (Vt.) [2]
- South Burlington (Vt.) [2]
- Johnson (Vt.) [1]
- Mansfield, Mount (Vt.) [1]
Format(s)
- image [9220]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [7827]
- photographs [7827]
Topic(s)
- Portrait photography [3726]
- Construction projects [1061]
- Buildings [1053]
- High school students [932]
- Men [896]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [468]
- Children [458]
- Family [457]
- Architectural photography [450]
- Business [415]
- Church buildings [384]
- Interior architecture [382]
- Boys [377]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [367]
- Construction workers [352]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [336]
- College students [335]
- Landscape photography [333]
- Dwellings [320]
- High school athletes [320]
- University of Vermont [305]
- High school buildings [277]
- House furnishings [276]
- Students [274]
- Young men [251]
- School children [230]
- Machinery [228]
- Priests [222]
- Middlebury College [217]
- Employees [216]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [215]
- High school graduates [207]
- High school students Dramatic production [198]
- Brides [193]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [193]
- College teachers [192]
- School sports [191]
- Automobiles [178]
- Basketball [175]
- Camping [173]
- Nuns [170]
- Actors [167]
- Stores, Retail [167]
- Weddings [164]
- Bridegrooms [160]
- Gymnasiums [160]
- Bridges [150]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [148]
- Musicians [145]
- Auditoriums [144]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [143]
- Bands (Music) [141]
- Ferries [141]
- Camps [139]
- Boats and boating [135]
- Soldiers [128]
- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [127]
- Trucks [127]
- Burlington International Airport [126]
- Hospitals [124]
- Greek letter societies [123]
- Baseball [121]
- Champlain Transportation Company [121]
- Choirs (Music) [121]
- Dance [121]
- Christmas greens [117]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [117]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [116]
- Musical groups [115]
- Dance recitals [112]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [111]
- Restaurants [105]
- Costume [97]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [95]
- Chapels [94]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [94]
- High school teachers [89]
- Service stations [88]
- Tap dancers [88]
- Classrooms [86]
- Banners [84]
- Urban parks [83]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [81]
- Veterans [80]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [79]
- Marriage [79]
- Athletics [78]
- Housing [78]
- Choruses [77]
- Animals [75]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [74]
- Women veterans [72]
- Drum majorettes [71]
- First communion [70]
- College graduates [69]
- Nurses [67]
- Street-railroad tracks [67]
- Theaters Stage-setting and scenery [64]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [63]
- Infants [62]
- Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.) [62]
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [62]
- Worship programs [62]
- Ships [61]
- Advertising [60]
- Railroad tracks [60]
- Steamboats [60]
- Toys [59]
- Horses [57]
- Ticonderoga (Steamship) [57]
- Department stores [56]
- Offices [56]
- United StatesWork Projects Administration. [55]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [50]
- Warships [50]
- Cake [49]
- Furniture [47]
- Flowers [46]
- St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.) [46]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [45]
- Dolls [45]
- Middle school students [45]
- Order of the Eastern StarGrand Chapter of Vermont [45]
- Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.) [42]
- Cheerleading [42]
- Farms [41]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [40]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesLadies Auxiliary.Dept. of Vermont [40]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [38]
- Circus performers [38]
- Oil storage tanks [36]
- S.S. Kresge Company [36]
- Gas ovens [35]
- Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States [35]
- United StatesPublic Works Administration. [35]
- Football [34]
- Snowplows [32]
- Painting [31]
- Salvation Army [30]
- Armed Forces Officers [29]
- Heineberg Bridge (Chittenden County, Vt.) [29]
- Museums [29]
- Orchestra [29]
- Statues [29]
- Waste disposal sites [29]
- Swimming [28]
- Chairs [27]
- Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.) [27]
- Snow removal [27]
- Bowling [26]
- Fanny Allen Hospital [26]
- Tractors [26]
- Traffic accidents [26]
- Billboards [25]
- Class reunions [25]
- Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.) [25]
- Cavalry [24]
- Confirmation Catholic Church [24]
- Santa Claus [24]
- Barns [23]
- Exhibitions [23]
- Girl Scouts [23]
- Military supplies [23]
- St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.) [23]
- Gardens [22]
- Street signs [22]
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [21]
- Tennis [21]
- Theaters [21]
- Rifles [20]
- Shelburne Museum [20]
- Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.) [20]
- Track and field athletes [20]
- Buses [19]
- Canoes and canoeing [19]
- Cows [19]
- Fraternal Order of Eagles [19]
- Livestock [19]
- Sewage disposal [19]
- Burlington Business College [18]
- Railroad trains [18]
- Camp Holy Cross (Vt.) [17]
- Drugstores [17]
- VermontEmergency Relief Administration [17]
- Bank buildings [16]
- Dairying Equipment and supplies [16]
- First United Methodist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [16]
- Military weapons [16]
- Piano [16]
- Radio stations [16]
- Shelburne Public School (Shelburne, Vt.) [16]
- South Burlington Central School (Vt.) [16]
- Airplanes [15]
- Cavalry horses [15]
- DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [15]
- Wake services [15]
- Hotels [14]
- Quarries and quarrying [14]
- Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.) [13]
- Blackface entertainers [13]
- Flag raising and lowering [13]
- New England Telephone and Telegraph Company [13]
- Parades [13]
- Reunions [13]
- Rivers [13]
- Archery [12]
- Ballerinas [12]
- Christmas pageants [12]
- Handicraft [12]
- Sand and gravel mines and mining [12]
- Snowblowers [12]
- Wreckers (Vehicles) [12]
- Boy Scouts [11]
- Exhibit booths [11]
- Factories [11]
- Farmhouses [11]
- Fishes [11]
- Flood damage [11]
- Government vessels [11]
- Robert Hull Fleming Museum [11]
- Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Cemeteries [10]
- Knights of Columbus [10]
- Manufacturing and Tool Corp. [10]
- Milton Elementary School (Milton, Vt.) [10]
- Refuse and refuse disposal [10]
- St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Tractors Equipment and supplies [10]
- Trailers [10]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [9]
- Radio broadcasters [9]
- Saint Francis Xavier School (Winooski, Vt.) [9]
- Vermont Transit Company [9]
- Cafeterias [8]
- Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.) [8]
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows [8]
- Police [8]
- St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.) [8]
- Totem poles [8]
- Aircraft accidents [7]
- Bombing and gunnery ranges [7]
- Cattle [7]
- Chickens [7]
- Chickens Housing [7]
- City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Convenience stores [7]
- J.K. Kidder Mfg. Co., Inc [7]
- Minstrel shows [7]
- Monuments [7]
- Beauty operators [6]
- Burlington Federal Savings [6]
- High school students Track and field [6]
- Plants [6]
- Refrigerators [6]
- Sepulchral monuments [6]
- Tank trucks [6]
- Volleyball [6]
- Burlington (Vt.)Police Dept. [5]
- Elihu B. Taft Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Hardware [5]
- Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc [5]
- Radio Receivers and reception [5]
- Rifle practice [5]
- Van Ness House [5]
- Vermont 4-H Clubs [5]
- VermontGovernor [5]
- Waste disposal in the ground [5]
- American Legion [4]
- Bulls [4]
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) [4]
- Cosmetics [4]
- General Electric Company [4]
- Pool (game) [4]
- Post office buildings [4]
- Puppets [4]
- Richford High School (Richford, Vt.) [4]
- Stoves [4]
- Vermont Industrial School [4]
- Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.) [4]
- Wills, William H.1882-1946 [4]
- A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc [3]
- Boxing [3]
- Bridge railings [3]
- Burlington Rapid Transit Company [3]
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Covered bridges [3]
- Culverts [3]
- First Church of Christ, Scientist (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Fletcher Free Library [3]
- Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Mobile homes [3]
- Modern Woodmen of America [3]
- Motels [3]
- Sideshows [3]
- Vaults (Strong rooms) [3]
- Vermont State Police [3]
- Woodwork [3]
- A.D. Pease Grain Co. [2]
- Compasses (Mathematical instruments) [2]
- Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Rutland, Vt.) [2]
- Creameries [2]
- Dams [2]
- Hockey [2]
- Lincoln Inn (Essex Junction, Vt.) [2]
- Manholes [2]
- Mater Christi School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Saint John Vianney Parish (South Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Tattoo artists [2]
- United Service Organizations (U.S.) [2]
- Vehicles, Military [2]
- American Red Cross [1]
- B'nai B'rith [1]
- Blasting [1]
- Chests [1]
- Crèches (Nativity scenes) [1]
- Display of merchandise [1]
- Firearms [1]
- Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Kake Walk (Event) [1]
- Lakeview Cemetery (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Lighthouses [1]
- Merchants National Bank (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Radio actors and actresses [1]
- Skating [1]
- Snow sculpture [1]
- St. Ambrose Church (Bristol, Vt.) [1]
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Saint Albans, Vt.) [1]
- Street-railroads [1]
- Targets (Shooting) [1]
- Trays [1]
- Turkeys [1]
- Vergennes Inn (Vt.) [1]
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Title: Airplane Crashes
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a crashed airplane in a snowy field. The engine propellers can be seen in the wreckage. 1935/1936?
Title: Airplane Crashes
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a crashed airplane in a snowy field. One wheel of the landing gear can be seen in the lower right. 1935/1936?
Title: Allstate Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vermont All State Band performing. Date unknown. Location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium. 1947
Title: Allstate Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vermont All State Band performing. Date unknown. Location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium. 1947
Title: American Legion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
American Legion building. Listed in the city and telephone directories as being on Malletts Bay Ave. in Winooski in the 1940s. The large painted brick building is seen here adorned with patriotic buntings and banners. 1945/1947?
Title: American Legion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
American Legion building. Listed in the city and telephone directories as being on Malletts Bay Ave. in Winooski in the 1940s. The large painted brick building is seen here adorned with patriotic buntings and banners. 1945/1947?
Title: American Legion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
American Legion building. Listed in the city and telephone directories as being on Malletts Bay Ave. in Winooski in the 1940s. The large painted brick building is seen here adorned with patriotic buntings and banners. 1945/1947?
Title: American Legion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
American Legion meal ; 1945/1947? Photo no. 1.
Title: American Red Cross
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Window display of the American Red Cross encouraging Americans to give. Large central poster shows a young child in the Philippines carrying a Christmas package sent by the American Junior Red Cross. 1947?
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of a milk cow
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of cows and milking machines in a barn. Circa 1959.
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Portrait of a Boston Terrier sitting outdoors. May be the same dog as seen in mcalA11F16i37 sitting in a car with a woman.
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Portrait (no.2) of a Boston Terrier sitting outdoors. May be the same dog seen in mcalA11F16i37 sitting in a car with a woman.
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Side view of Boston Terrier sitting outdoors (with attention to harness). May be the same dog as seen in mcalA11F16i37 sitting in a car with a woman.
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of a Boston Terrier with no collar or harness sitting in a car seat. May be the same dog as seen in mcalA11F16i37 sitting in a car with a woman.
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two golden retrievers in front of fireplace, on rug with dog toy.
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of a collie laying outdoors
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Picture of a Boston Terrier standing on a table outdoors.
Title: Animals (Domestic)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a young kitten and an illustration from a book of a bear.
Title: Animals (Domestic)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Sporting dog (cocker spaniel?) laying down in a grassy area. 1948 - 1949.
Title: Animals (Domestic)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a collie dog standing on a snow bank. May be family pet of the McAllisters and may have been taken at his home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vermont. Date may be 1957 - 1958.
Title: Anniversary Celebrations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 photo of three men standing looking at a painting of a North American Indian. An emblem on the wall to the far left has the image of a Native American.
Title: Anniversary Celebrations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A large display on a stage with banner 50th anniversary. Many baskets of flowers. Oak leaf emblem center top.
Title: Art - Hy Hintermeister
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of a photo by Hy Hintermeister. It is entitled "A Good Day for It" and shows a woman seated in a rowboat positioned next to the shore of a lake or pond fishing with a man standing in the boat next to her. He has his fishing pole and fish they have caught.
Title: Art - Hy Hintermeister
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of a printing of a sports painting by Hy Hintermeister of a fisherman standing in a stream about to use his net to catch a fish he has on his line. The number 4710 is printed in the lower right corner with the signature of the artist.
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