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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- Colchester (Vt.) [16]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [13]
- Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.) [12]
- Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.) [11]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [7]
- Winooski (Vt.) [6]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [4]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [2]
- Mallets Bay (Vt.) [2]
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- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [24]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [20]
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- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [12]
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- Department stores [7]
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- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [6]
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- Machinery [6]
- Men [6]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [6]
- S.S. Kresge Company [6]
- Bank buildings [5]
- Barns [5]
- Flowers [5]
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- Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- Burlington Federal Savings [4]
- Family [4]
- Fanny Allen Hospital [4]
- American Legion [3]
- Chairs [3]
- Farmhouses [3]
- Motels [3]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [3]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Street signs [3]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [3]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [2]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
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- College graduates [2]
- Drugstores [2]
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- Furniture [2]
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- Sand and gravel mines and mining [2]
- Service stations [2]
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [2]
- Theaters [2]
- Trucks [2]
- United Service Organizations (U.S.) [2]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [2]
- Young women [2]
- A.D. Pease Grain Co. [1]
- Airplanes [1]
- Banners [1]
- Bridges [1]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Camping [1]
- Children [1]
- Christmas greens [1]
- City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- College students [1]
- Flood damage [1]
- Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Hotels [1]
- Merchants National Bank (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Nuns [1]
- Priests [1]
- Rifles [1]
- Shelburne Public School (Shelburne, Vt.) [1]
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Saint Albans, Vt.) [1]
- Stores, Retail [1]
- Toys [1]
- Van Ness House [1]
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