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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- Infants [62]
- Portrait photography [50]
- House furnishings [29]
- Family [25]
- Children [15]
- Christmas greens [4]
- Chairs [3]
- Salvation Army [3]
- Boys [2]
- Dolls [2]
- Dwellings [2]
- Business [1]
- Machinery [1]
- Soldiers [1]
- Stores, Retail [1]
- Toys [1]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Young men [1]
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Topic: ("Infants")
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957; 1956-1957
1956 / 1957 portrait photo of an infant sitting in a chair.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957; 1956-1957
1956 / 1957 portrait photo of a baby girl standing in a chair.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957; 1956-1957
1956 / 1957 portrait photo of an infant baby girl sitting in a chair.
Title: Portraits - Children
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957; 1956-1957
1956 / 1957 portrait photo of an infant baby girl sitting in a chair.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950; 1949-1950
1949 or 1950 group portrait of four young children and a young woman (oldest sister)
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950; 1949-1950
1949 or 1950 group portrait of five siblings. Oldest sister holds the youngest child. Photo #2.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
1952 indoor photo of couple with infant (grandparents and grandchild?). Florid interior design.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
1952 indoor photo of couple and child seen in mcalB15F05i03, but here the couple have switched places.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 portrait photo taken indoors of a family; perhaps a mother, father, their grown children or in-laws. One woman holds an infant.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 portrait photo taken indoors of a family; perhaps a mother, father, their grown children or in-laws. One woman holds an infant.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 portrait photo taken indoors of a family; perhaps a mother, father, their grown children or in-laws. One man holds an infant.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958; 1958
1958 indoor photo (dated elsewhere as 1947: see mcalB14F26i05) of a couple with their young child.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943; 1943
1943 indoor photo of four women and an infant, very likely three or four generations of the family.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
1944 indoor photo of husband, wife, and infant. See also mcalB14F15i05 for same with more family members.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
1944 outdoor photo of a large family, with three generations present. Two men are in the armed services.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
1944 indoor photo of couple and child seen in mcalB14F14i10, with additional family members from at least three generations present. See also mcalB14F14i10 for just infant with husband and wife.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
1944 indoor photo of five family members, with three generations present (and perhaps a serviceman absent). Probable: two sisters (standing), their parents, and infant grandchild.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
1944 indoor photo of five family members, with three generations present (and perhaps a serviceman absent). Probable: two sisters (standing), their parents, and infant grandchild.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
1944 indoor family portrait photo. Mother holds a new born baby girl.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Mother and child seen in mcalB14F16i04.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
1944 indoor photo of mother with child and other family members, as seen in mcalB14F16i04.
Title: Portraits - Family
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948; 1947-1948
Ca. 1947 indoor photo of a couple with their infant.
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An infant girl seated in an arm chair. Large pattern floral wall paper in the background. Large floral pattern fabric on the back of the chair. The baby wears a dress, hard soled shoes and holds a pacifier.
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An infant girl seated in an arm chair. Large pattern floral wall paper in the background. Large floral pattern fabric on the back of the chair. The baby wears a dress, hard soled shoes and holds a pacifier.
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two young children seated in an upholstered chair. The older child sits on the arm of the chair while the younger baby sits leaning in the corner of the chair against her older sister. The baby wears a crocheted sweater and matching booties.
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