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.) [725]
- Winooski (Vt.) [22]
- Battery Park (Vt.) [5]
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- Champlain, Lake [1]
- Colchester (Vt.) [1]
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- black-and-white photographs [570]
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- Street photography [791]
- Construction projects [494]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [331]
- Construction workers [181]
- Buildings [77]
- Automobiles [27]
- Architectural photography [25]
- United StatesWork Projects Administration. [24]
- Church buildings [23]
- Landscape photography [22]
- Bridges [20]
- Street signs [20]
- Tractors [17]
- Billboards [15]
- Housing [15]
- Snowplows [12]
- Sewage disposal [10]
- Snow removal [10]
- Hotels [9]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [9]
- Theaters [9]
- United StatesPublic Works Administration. [9]
- University of Vermont [9]
- Service stations [8]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Flood damage [7]
- Traffic accidents [7]
- Railroad tracks [6]
- Waste disposal sites [6]
- Drugstores [5]
- Machinery [5]
- Bands (Music) [4]
- Buses [4]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- Drum majorettes [4]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [4]
- High school students [4]
- Musical groups [4]
- Musicians [4]
- Portrait photography [4]
- Post office buildings [4]
- Tractors Equipment and supplies [4]
- Trailers [4]
- Chapels [3]
- Department stores [3]
- Horses [3]
- Men [3]
- Museums [3]
- Snowblowers [3]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Van Ness House [3]
- Women [3]
- Burlington Rapid Transit Company [2]
- Children [2]
- College students [2]
- Convenience stores [2]
- Employees [2]
- Factories [2]
- High school buildings [2]
- Parades [2]
- Urban parks [2]
- Waste disposal in the ground [2]
- A.D. Pease Grain Co. [1]
- Advertising [1]
- Animals [1]
- Bank buildings [1]
- Banners [1]
- Burlington Federal Savings [1]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Cake [1]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- High school teachers [1]
- Rivers [1]
- Robert Hull Fleming Museum [1]
- Street-railroads [1]
- Tank trucks [1]
- United Service Organizations (U.S.) [1]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [1]
- Young men [1]
- Young women [1]
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