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.) [164]
- Colchester (Vt.) [52]
- Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.) [28]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [18]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [18]
- Winooski (Vt.) [11]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [9]
- Middlebury (Vt.) [8]
- Battery Park (Vt.) [7]
- Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.) [5]
- Champlain, Lake [3]
- Essex Junction (Vt.) [2]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [2]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [2]
- St. Albans (Vt.) [2]
- Montpelier (Vt.) [1]
- Winooski River (Vt.) [1]
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- Women [283]
- Buildings [63]
- Children [52]
- Priests [31]
- University of Vermont [30]
- Interior architecture [27]
- Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.) [24]
- Business [23]
- Armed Forces Officers [22]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [22]
- College students [20]
- Church buildings [19]
- Bowling [18]
- Fraternal Order of Eagles [17]
- Camps [16]
- Camping [15]
- Urban parks [14]
- Dwellings [13]
- Athletics [12]
- Machinery [12]
- Automobiles [11]
- Salvation Army [11]
- Boys [10]
- Christmas greens [10]
- Gymnasiums [10]
- Knights of Columbus [10]
- Landscape photography [10]
- Banners [9]
- Camp Holy Cross (Vt.) [9]
- Choirs (Music) [9]
- Young men [9]
- Young women [9]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [8]
- Costume [8]
- House furnishings [8]
- Flag raising and lowering [7]
- Infants [7]
- Middlebury College [7]
- Musical groups [7]
- Radio broadcasters [7]
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- Santa Claus [7]
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- Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.) [6]
- Weddings [6]
- Advertising [5]
- Chapels [5]
- Choruses [5]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Cows [5]
- Nuns [5]
- Reunions [5]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [5]
- Auditoriums [4]
- Barns [4]
- Brides [4]
- Bridges [4]
- Fishes [4]
- General Electric Company [4]
- Girls [4]
- Military weapons [4]
- Musicians [4]
- Offices [4]
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- Stores, Retail [4]
- Theaters Stage-setting and scenery [4]
- Trucks [4]
- Women veterans [4]
- Bands (Music) [3]
- Boats and boating [3]
- Burlington International Airport [3]
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) [3]
- Classrooms [3]
- Construction workers [3]
- Convenience stores [3]
- Department stores [3]
- Dolls [3]
- Factories [3]
- Farms [3]
- Furniture [3]
- Greek letter societies [3]
- Horses [3]
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows [3]
- Marriage [3]
- Restaurants [3]
- Service stations [3]
- Street photography [3]
- Theaters [3]
- Airplanes [2]
- Architectural photography [2]
- Baseball [2]
- Beauty operators [2]
- Blackface entertainers [2]
- Boy Scouts [2]
- Bridegrooms [2]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [2]
- Cake [2]
- Cavalry horses [2]
- Champlain Transportation Company [2]
- Class reunions [2]
- Dairying Equipment and supplies [2]
- Hockey [2]
- Lincoln Inn (Essex Junction, Vt.) [2]
- Modern Woodmen of America [2]
- Railroad trains [2]
- School children [2]
- Ships [2]
- Street-railroad tracks [2]
- Students [2]
- American Legion [1]
- Basketball [1]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- College teachers [1]
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Hardware [1]
- High school buildings [1]
- High school students [1]
- Housing [1]
- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Military supplies [1]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [1]
- Nurses [1]
- Orchestra [1]
- Rifle practice [1]
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [1]
- Stoves [1]
- Trailers [1]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.) [1]
- Vermont Transit Company [1]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesLadies Auxiliary.Dept. of Vermont [1]
- Volleyball [1]
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