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.) [328]
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Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [328]
- photographs [328]
Topic(s)
- Church buildings [328]
- Portrait photography [200]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [159]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [93]
- High school students [90]
- Architectural photography [24]
- Priests [23]
- Musical groups [21]
- Street photography [19]
- Men [18]
- Women [18]
- Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.) [15]
- Musicians [14]
- Bands (Music) [13]
- Bridegrooms [13]
- Brides [13]
- Weddings [13]
- Drum majorettes [12]
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [12]
- St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Worship programs [9]
- First United Methodist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [8]
- Flowers [8]
- Statues [8]
- Construction projects [7]
- Interior architecture [7]
- St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Boys [6]
- Buildings [5]
- Chapels [5]
- Construction workers [5]
- Girls [5]
- Marriage [5]
- Stores, Retail [4]
- Street-railroad tracks [4]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [3]
- Cake [3]
- First Church of Christ, Scientist (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Parades [3]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [3]
- Young men [3]
- Young women [3]
- Boy Scouts [2]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Business [2]
- Choruses [2]
- Christmas greens [2]
- Confirmation Catholic Church [2]
- First communion [2]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [2]
- Nuns [2]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Baseball [1]
- Department stores [1]
- Dwellings [1]
- Girl Scouts [1]
- High school athletes [1]
- Hotels [1]
- Landscape photography [1]
- Middle school students [1]
- Railroad tracks [1]
- S.S. Kresge Company [1]
- Snowplows [1]
- Trucks [1]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [1]
- Veterans [1]
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Title: Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Three quarter view of the Singer Sewing machine store, with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the background. Next to Singer is boarded up vacant lot, site of future Irving's.
Title: Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 / 1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Store, Burlington, Vt., before the construction of Irving's (ladies' ready-to-wear clothing store), which would later occupy the vacant lot at 19-21 Church St. To the left is People's Department Store. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception can be seen in the distance.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Corner of a chapel with a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with drapery in the background and flowers. Banister pattern matches the one seen in mcalA18F05i23, so perhaps this is a corner in the same chapel.
Title: Trinity College, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
McAuley Hall, constructed 1958. Building on the Trinity College campus, Burlington, Vermont. Founded in 1925 by the Sisters of Mercy of Vermont. Closed in 2000. Later purchased by the University of Vermont. A good view of the chapel's stained glass windows, which were removed when the college closed. Building also partially shelters the loop driveway. Photo #2.
Title: Unitarian Church
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, Vermont at the head of Church Street (Church Street Marketplace) at 152 Pearl Street. Seen here with wooden scaffolding surrounding the steeple. Date unknown but may be circa 1955 or 1956 when lightening struck the steeple.
Title: Unitarian Church
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Lit evergreen Christmas tree at night located on the front lawn of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at the head of Church Street (Church Street Marketplace)in Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Unitarian Church
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, Vermont at the head of Church Street (Church Street Marketplace) at 152 Pearl Street. Seen here with wooden scaffolding surrounding the steeple. Date unknown but may be circa 1955 or 1956 when lightening struck the steeple.
Title: Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of a large warehouse near the train tracks at the Vermont Structural Steel Flynn Ave. location. St. Anthony's Church can be seen in the distance.
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club : Squirrel Club
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 or 1948 photo of ladies on a parade float (made from a flatbed truck) with sign "Queen Isabella". Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club Squirrel Club. Location outside of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at 152 Pearl Street (head of Church Street Marketplace), Burlington, Vt.
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club : Squirrel Club
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 or 1948 photo of ladies on a parade float (made from a flatbed truck) with sign "Queen Isabella". Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club Squirrel Club. Location outside of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at 152 Pearl Street (head of Church Street Marketplace), Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club : Squirrel Club
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 or 1948 photo of a parade float (made from a flatbed truck) with members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club Squirrel Club. Location outside of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at 152 Pearl Street (head of Church Street Marketplace), Burlington, Vt.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 25, 1956. Newly wed Betty Phillips and R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand outside in front of the First Baptist Church in Burlington, Vermont with the complete wedding party; parents, bride's maids and best man. Betty was a member of the church. Her parents were Carl and Kay Phillips.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. begin to cut into their wedding cake at the wedding reception. They are in Fellowship Hall on the ground floor of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The heavy wooden sliding doors with windows behind them closed off the chapel. Betty was a member of the church.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 25, 1956. Newly wed Betty Phillips and R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand outside the First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont with members of the wedding party; the bride's maids and best man.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 25, 1956. Newly wed bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand outside to one side of the main entrance to the First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. Betty was a member of the church. She wears a full length gown and holds her bouquet. Photo #1.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 25, 1956. A wedding ceremony takes place in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. Rev. Elden G. Bucklin officiates at the wedding of bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. Mrs. Katherine (Eckley) Dopp is in the choir loft at the organ.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 25, 1956. Photo of a wedding ceremony in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The bride Betty Phillips, her father Carl Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand before the Rev. Elden G. Bucklin with members of the wedding party on either side. Mrs. Katherine (Eckley) Dopp, organist.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Bride and groom standing outside the church. Location is the First United Methodist Church entrance on Buell Street side, Burlington, Vermont. See also mcalB22F08i02, mcalB22F08i03
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 bride in wedding gown and groom pose for a portrait with maid of honor and best man. They are in the church sanctuary near the pulpit. Is this the First United Methodist Church?
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. begin to cut into their wedding cake at the wedding reception. They are in Fellowship Hall on the ground floor of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The heavy wooden sliding doors with windows behind them closed off the chapel. Betty was a member of the church. Photo #7.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand outside to one side of the main entrance to the First Baptist Church in Burlington, Vermont. She wears a full length gown and holds her bouquet. She was a member of the church.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 25, 1956. A wedding ceremony takes place in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. Rev. Elden G. Bucklin officiates at the wedding of bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. Mrs. Katherine (Eckley) Dopp is in the choir loft at the organ. Photo #9.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand outside to one side of the main entrance to the First Baptist Church in Burlington, Vermont. She wears a full length gown and holds her bouquet. She was a member of the church. Photo #1.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. begin to cut into their wedding cake at the wedding reception. They are in Fellowship Hall on the ground floor of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The heavy wooden sliding doors with windows behind them closed off the chapel. Betty was a member of the church. Photo #8.
Title: Weddings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Very dark print. August 25, 1956. Photo of a wedding ceremony in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The bride Betty Phillips, her father Carl Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand before the Rev. Elden G. Bucklin with members of the wedding party on either side. Mrs. Katherine (Eckley) Dopp, organist.
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