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.) [1]
- Camp MacArthur (Vt.) [1]
- Waitsfield (Vt.) [1]
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- black-and-white photographs [39]
- photographs [39]
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- Farms [41]
- Landscape photography [15]
- Barns [11]
- Cows [11]
- Farmhouses [10]
- Buildings [3]
- Men [3]
- Portrait photography [3]
- Tractors Equipment and supplies [3]
- Animals [2]
- Architectural photography [2]
- Cattle [2]
- Creameries [2]
- Dairying Equipment and supplies [2]
- Family [2]
- Young men [2]
- Auditoriums [1]
- Bulls [1]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
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- Women [1]
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Topic: ("Farms")
Title: Farms - Livestock
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
undated farm scene photo with dairy cows in a pasture and farm buildings in background.
Title: Farms - Livestock
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated farm scene photo with dairy cows in a pasture and farm buildings in background.
Title: Farms - Livestock
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of farm chickens feeding outside their coops. Photo #7.
Title: Farms - Livestock
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of farm chickens feeding outside their coops. Photo #6?
Title: Farms - Livestock
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of farm chickens feeding outside their coops. Photo #5.
Title: Farms - Livestock
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of farm chickens feeding outside their coop with a barn and other farm buildings in background.
Title: Farms - Livestock
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1930
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930 photo of a mare and her foal standing outside near a cultivated field.
Title: Farms - Livestock
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of dairy cows grazing in a pasture with a barn and other farm buildings in background. Photo #5.
Title: Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Farmhouse with small attached barn next to a paved road. An automobile is parked in the front yard just off the road. Trees are bare of leaves. There are mountains in the background. Landscape view of home of the man seen in mcalA16F01i34. He and his family seen in mcalA15F02i12
Title: Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Farmhouse with small attached barn next to a paved road. An automobile is parked in the front yard just off the road. Trees are bare of leaves. There are mountains in the background. Home of the man seen in mcalA16F01i34
Title: Machinery
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Bulk milk tank. Location may be at a creamery or dairy farm.
Title: Machinery
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A woman tips a metal bucket to the edge of large metal container whose hose leads to a bulk milk tank at a creamery or dairy farm.
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A photo of four mature women and three men posing for a group portrait outside in the summer time. Large farm like buildings are seen behind them. Relatives of McAllister? See also mcalA12F13i45
Title: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Eastern States Farmers' Exchange of Springfield, Mass. exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Undated. Embossed with McAllister's name lover right corner.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
1945 outdoor photo of farm family in front of a garden stand. At least three generations are present. (Has an Ansel Adams look to it.)
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
1945 outdoor photo of farm stand and (perhaps) its owner. Photo takes in the whole stand, which is filled with neatly arranged baskets of produce. Photo #2.
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