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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- black-and-white photographs [132]
- photographs [132]
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- Family [132]
- Portrait photography [84]
- Women [69]
- Children [54]
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- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [7]
- High school students [7]
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- Bridegrooms [5]
- Brides [5]
- Christmas greens [5]
- Dolls [5]
- Infants [5]
- Camps [4]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
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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: L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister seen back row, far right. His grandniece, Joanne Raymond is in front row right holding the colllie. Joanne's mother is front row left.Two family dogs included. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
Title: L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister absent from this exposure. His grandniece, Joanne Raymond is in front row right holding the colllie. Joanne's mother is front row left. Two family dogs included. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
Title: L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister absent in this exposure. Two family dogs included; a chihuahua and a collie. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. See also mcalA12F12i03
Title: L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister seen back row, far right. Two family dogs included; a chihuahua and a collie. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
Title: May Crowning
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 photo of young girls standing with several women and a priest as part of May Crowning, a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May whereby an image or likeness of the Blessed Virgin is ceremonially crowned recognizing her as Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God. This may be Mother's Day.
Title: May Crowning
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 photo of a young girl placing a crown on a statue of the Virgin Mary as part of May Crowning, a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May whereby an image or likeness of the Blessed Virgin is ceremonially crowned recognizing her as Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God. This may be Mother's Day.
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A family group photo of a man, woman and young girl. Nephew of L. L. McAllister, nephew's wife and young daughter (McAllister's grand niece, Joanne Raymond).
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group family photo with nephew, his wife and daughter along with other relatives. Louis McAllister is seen in the back row on the right end. Undated but may be 1930s. Two family dogs are also seen; a chihuahua sits in a woman's lap and a collie is seen at the right. Location backyard at McAllister's home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. See also mcalB10F15i03 for dated photo.
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal photo portrait of L. L. McAllister's nephew. He wears a tweed jacket, white shirt, tie and sweater vest. Udated.
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group photo of McAllister's nephew, his wife and daughter (McAllister's grandniece, Joanne Raymond) with collie dog. They appear in other photos in the collection. Location is the backyard of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Direction looking west.
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A well dressed woman poses for a formal studio portrait with a young girl, probably her daughter. Woman also appears in other photos in this collection e.g. mcalA12F13i3 and i5. Woman 2nd or 3rd wife of McAllister's father?
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal family studio portrait with man sporting a mutton chops style beard (McAllister's father?), a seated woman and two children; one being an infant in the woman's lap. Photo identified as being from the studio of James Nelson of Fullerton and Cedar Rapids, Nebraska. Woman on the right also appears in other photos in this collection e.g. mcalA12F13i3 and i4.
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Three young children pose next to their Christmas tree with gifts. The girl holds a small hard plastic doll that may be a Vogue Ginny popular in the 1950s. Other presents are arranged in a display around the tree and on the upholstered chair in which the boys sit. See also mcalB14F11i08
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Four young children pose for a group portrait. Two girls stand, a younger girl in on a wooden rocking horse and a young boy is seated in a child's rocking chair. Photo #1. See also mcalA14F15i17, mcalB14F10i01, mcalB14F11i01
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Four young children pose for a group portrait. Two girls stand, a younger girl in on a wooden rocking horse and a young boy is seated in a child's rocking chair. Photo #2. See also mcalA14F15i16
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Four children pose by their Christmas tree in the living room of their home. The two children seated on the floor each hold a toy; a metal spinning top and a doll. The boy standing in the back holds the family dog and the older girl proudly wears her "poodle" skirt with Scottie. See also mcalB14F10i03
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Nine youth pose for a group photo. Five children (three boys and two girls) sit on a couch. The two girls wear matching dresses. Behind the couch three older boys stand. The youngest child (a boy) sits on the back of the couch. A picture of Christ hangs on the wall behind the youth.
Title: Portraits, families, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of beach ; water front land ; lake shoreline ; along with a group of men and women gathered in the lower right corner of photo.
Title: Portraits, families, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of beach ; water front land ; lake shoreline ; along with a group of men and women gathered in the upper right corner of photo.
Title: Portraits, families, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of beach ; water front land ; lake shoreline ; along with a group of men and women gathered in the center left portion of photo. See also mcalA15F01i02 and mcalA15F01i03
Title: Portraits, families, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo portrait of an elderly couple seated on a bench on the lawn outside a home. See this woman also in mcalA15F01i13
Title: Portraits, families, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A summertime portrait photo of a man and woman standing outside their home among flowering shrubs and window boxes.
Title: Portraits, families, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An older man and woman pose for a portrait photo outside 270 Pearl Street in Burlington, Vermont that has an enclosed porch. She sits in a wooden chair with armrests. He stands beside and slightly behind wearing a three piece suit and tie and may be longtime Burlington resident, Frederick A. Deyette. He is listed in the Burlington City Directory as residing at No. 270 from 1908 to 1946 or 1947. A wooden sign reading "Tourists" is seen at the corner of the building. See also mcalA15F02i20
Title: Portraits, families, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A man and woman pose for a photo against a bold leaf patterned wallpaper. A television set is seen behind on what appears to be a bamboo stand.
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