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.) [670]
- Winooski (Vt.) [32]
- Colchester (Vt.) [15]
- Potash Brook (Vt.) [15]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [11]
- Battery Park (Vt.) [9]
- Champlain, Lake [5]
- Winooski River (Vt.) [4]
- Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.) [2]
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- Construction projects [828]
- Street photography [315]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [257]
- Construction workers [255]
- Buildings [213]
- Bridges [66]
- Ferries [50]
- Champlain Transportation Company [41]
- United StatesWork Projects Administration. [41]
- Street-railroad tracks [37]
- United StatesPublic Works Administration. [32]
- Dwellings [23]
- Automobiles [19]
- Business [17]
- Stores, Retail [17]
- Trucks [15]
- VermontEmergency Relief Administration [15]
- Department stores [13]
- S.S. Kresge Company [13]
- Heineberg Bridge (Chittenden County, Vt.) [12]
- Machinery [10]
- Urban parks [10]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [9]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [9]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [9]
- Railroad trains [9]
- Church buildings [8]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [8]
- Bank buildings [6]
- Boats and boating [6]
- Men [6]
- Portrait photography [6]
- Shelburne Museum [6]
- Auditoriums [5]
- Burlington Federal Savings [5]
- Interior architecture [5]
- Sewage disposal [5]
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [5]
- Street signs [5]
- Tractors [5]
- University of Vermont [5]
- Waste disposal sites [5]
- Billboards [4]
- Cemeteries [4]
- Drugstores [4]
- Gymnasiums [4]
- High school buildings [4]
- Airplanes [3]
- Burlington Rapid Transit Company [2]
- Buses [2]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Chapels [2]
- Dams [2]
- Employees [2]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [2]
- Horses [2]
- Housing [2]
- Manholes [2]
- Post office buildings [2]
- Railroad tracks [2]
- Service stations [2]
- Barns [1]
- Blasting [1]
- Boys [1]
- City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Fletcher Free Library [1]
- Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Hotels [1]
- Museums [1]
- Ships [1]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Tank trucks [1]
- Theaters [1]
- Tractors Equipment and supplies [1]
- Van Ness House [1]
- Young men [1]
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