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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Title: First Congregational Church - Organizations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 group photo of Rev. Charles Stanley Jones standing outside with men of the church.
Title: First Congregational Church - Organizations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 group portraits of Rev. Charles Stanley Jones standing outside with the men of the church.
Title: First Congregational Church - Organizations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Damaged negative showing a 1949/1950 photo of the men of the church
Title: First Congregational Church - Rev. Charles Stanley Jones
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First Congregational Church minister the Rev. Charles Stanley Jones and his wife, Mrs. Vera Jones. Photo #3.
Title: First Congregational Church - Rev. Charles Stanley Jones
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First Congregational Church minister the Rev. Charles Stanley Jones and his wife, Mrs. Vera Jones. Photo #2.
Title: First Congregational Church - Rev. Charles Stanley Jones
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First Congregational Church minister the Rev. Charles Stanley Jones and his wife, Mrs. Vera Jones. Photo #4.
Title: First Congregational Church - Rev. George W. Lawrence Assoc. Minister
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First Congregational Church associate minister the Rev. George W. Lawrence, Jr. and his wife, Nancy and their two children, George W. III and Virginia. Probably the 1950s.
Title: First Congregational Church - Rev. George W. Lawrence Assoc. Minister
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First Congregational Church associate minister the Rev. George W. Lawrence, Jr. and his wife, Nancy and their two children, George W. III and Virginia. Probably the 1950s.
Title: First Congregational Church - Services
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Palm Sunday, 1949 in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church on So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. The Rev. Charles Stanley Jones stands center aisle. View taken from the pulpit. Children's choir sits to the right.
Title: First Congregational Church - Services
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Palm Sunday, 1949 in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church on So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. The Rev. Charles Stanley Jones stands center aisle. View taken from the pulpit. Children's choir sits to the right. The adult choir stands in the balcony.
Title: First Congregational Church - Services
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946/1947 photo of the Rev. Charles Stanley Jones at the pulpit. Easter Sunday service. Tulips and lilies adorn the dais.
Title: First Congregational Church - Services
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951/1952 photo of the First Congregational Church sanctuary.
Title: First Congregational and United Methodist Churches
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of the First Congregational and First United Methodist Churches on So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: First Congregational and United Methodist Churches
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of the First Congregational and First United Methodist Churches on So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Elm trees line the street.
Title: First Methodist Church
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group portrait of the Children's choir in their robes in the First Methodist Church, So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Photo #3.
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of children with several women (perhaps Sunday School teachers) pose for a photo. Location the lower level of the First Congregational Church, Burlington, Vermont as the the lady to the far right is Helen Best who appears in several other photos associated with the church.
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Helen Best of the First Congregational Church, Burlington, Vermont stands in the back to the left with a large group of what may be Sunday School children seated in folding metal chairs assembled in the lower level. Several other women (perhaps teachers) also stand in the back.
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A large group of children with several women are seated in a horse shoe arrangement. Location is the lower level of First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont as there are other labeled photos in the collection (e.g. mcalA09F12i01)
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of young children in Sunday School class at the Pilgrim House on Orchard Terrace. Building owned by the First Congregational Church in Burlington. Three women attending. A child's slide and sand box are seen. See also mcalA14F16i23
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Children's church choir.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Children's church choir. Unidentified and undated. Photo #1.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Children's church choir in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #11.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Adult church choir at First Congregational Church in balcony. See mcalA09F11i03 for balcony. Photo #13.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Adult church choir at First Congregational Church in balcony. See mcalA09F11i03 for balcony. Photo #4?
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Men and women gather for a potluck meal on the lower level of the First Congregational Church in Burlington. Rev. Dr. Charles Stanley Jones is seen leaning over talking to a man by the window. Mrs. Nancy Lawrence may also be seated at that same table with her hair pulled back and wearing a white pearl necklace. Photo #3.
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