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.) [197]
- Battery Park (Vt.) [7]
- Winooski (Vt.) [1]
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- image [197]
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- black-and-white photographs [164]
- photographs [164]
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- Men [197]
- Portrait photography [109]
- Women [99]
- University of Vermont [36]
- Buildings [23]
- Children [17]
- Employees [15]
- Fraternal Order of Eagles [12]
- Soldiers [10]
- Choirs (Music) [8]
- Gymnasiums [8]
- Urban parks [8]
- Priests [7]
- Radio broadcasters [7]
- Bowling [6]
- Radio stations [6]
- Santa Claus [6]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Burlington International Airport [5]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Christmas greens [5]
- Nuns [5]
- Advertising [4]
- Airplanes [4]
- Class reunions [4]
- College students [4]
- General Electric Company [4]
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows [4]
- Interior architecture [4]
- Reunions [4]
- Salvation Army [4]
- Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- Architectural photography [3]
- Auditoriums [3]
- Automobiles [3]
- Banners [3]
- Boys [3]
- Department stores [3]
- Family [3]
- Greek letter societies [3]
- New England Telephone and Telegraph Company [3]
- Trucks [3]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [3]
- Young men [3]
- Young women [3]
- Animals [2]
- Bands (Music) [2]
- Beauty operators [2]
- Bridges [2]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [2]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Buses [2]
- Choruses [2]
- Construction projects [2]
- Infants [2]
- Machinery [2]
- Museums [2]
- Musicians [2]
- Offices [2]
- Robert Hull Fleming Museum [2]
- Stores, Retail [2]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Cake [1]
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Chapels [1]
- Classrooms [1]
- Construction workers [1]
- Convenience stores [1]
- Dolls [1]
- Dwellings [1]
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Flag raising and lowering [1]
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- High school buildings [1]
- High school students [1]
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- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [1]
- Musical groups [1]
- Nurses [1]
- Railroad trains [1]
- Restaurants [1]
- Rifle practice [1]
- Street photography [1]
- Theaters [1]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Vermont Transit Company [1]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesLadies Auxiliary.Dept. of Vermont [1]
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Title: First Congregational Church - Organizations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 group photo of Rev. Charles Stanley and Mrs. Jones with several people including children, parents and older adults. Photo #1.
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: Fraternal Order of Eagles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 group photo of the male members of the Aerie 793 Fraternal Order of Eagles of Burlington, Vermont. Photo #1.
Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 group photo of the men and women members of the Aerie 793 Fraternal Order of Eagles of Burlington, Vermont. One man holds a plaque. Photo #2.
Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 group photo of the men and women members of the Aerie 793 Fraternal Order of Eagles of Burlington, Vermont. One man holds a plaque. Photo #1.
Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948 / 1949 photo of male members of the Champlain Aerie 793 Fraternal Order of Eagles, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of members of Champlain Aerie 793 Fraternal Order of Eagles, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of members of the Champlain Aerie 793 Fraternal Order of Eagles, Burlington, Vermont. Photo #2.
Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bowling Clubs
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 six men of the Fraternal Order of Eagles bowling club 793 of Burlington, Vermont standing with trophies.
Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bowling Clubs
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 five men of the Fraternal Order of Eagles bowling club 793 of Burlington, Vermont standing with trophies.
Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bowling Clubs
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 five men of the Fraternal Order of Eagles bowling club 793 of Burlington, Vermont standing with trophies.
Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bowling Clubs
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Six men of the Fraternal Order of Eagles bowling club 793 of Burlington, Vermont standing with trophies.
Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bowling Clubs
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Six men of the Fraternal Order of Eagles bowling club 793 of Burlington, Vermont standing with trophies.
Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bowling Clubs
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Six men of of the Eagles Club bowling club, 793, Burlington, Vermont standing behind a table with trophies. A small banner is attached to the front of the table.
Title: General Electric Plant and Guards
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of several uniformed men and one woman standing at attention and saluting the American flag in front of the large brick General Electric Plant building.
Title: General Electric Plant and Guards
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of several uniformed men and one woman standing at attention and saluting the American flag in front of the large brick General Electric Plant building.
Title: General Electric Plant and Guards
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of several uniformed men and one woman standing at attention and saluting the American flag in front of the large brick General Electric Plant building.
Title: General Electric Plant and Guards
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of several uniformed men and one woman standing at attention and saluting the American flag in front of the large brick General Electric Plant building.
Title: Graham School, Burlington, VT
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fall 1956 photo of members of the Graham School.
Title: Graham School, Burlington, VT
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fall 1956 photo of members of the Graham School.
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