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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Title: Burlington Streets: Colchester Ave
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1933-07-12; 1933-07-12
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 12, 1933 dated photo of Colchester Ave. showing the road surface. Looking in the direction of the Fleming Museum (on left but difficult to see).
Title: Burlington Streets: University Place
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 11-21
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 21, 1928. University Place looking north from Main Street at intersection of Williston Road. Note the new improvements consisting of integral curb and gutters, pavement consisting of a 6" concrete base with 2" asphalt top, also new ornamental lighting on street. The University of Vermont green is to the left. Old Mill is center right and to the extreme right is the Gymnasium (later to become Royall Tyler Theatre). Elm trees line the street.
Title: Burlington Streets: University Place
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 11-21
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 21, 1928. University Place looking south near the Pearl Street / Colchester Ave line. Note the new improvements consisting of integral curb and gutters, pavement consisting of 6" concrete base with 2" asphalt top, also new ornamental lighting systems. The main University of Vermont green is to the right. Ira Allen Chapel is on the left. Further down on the left is Billings, Williams Hall and Old Mill. Locally known as "University Row." At the extreme left hand corner can just be seen a section of the trolley tracks still in place along Colchester Ave.
Title: Burlington Streets: University Place
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; 06-13
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 13, 1935. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project No. 2361. Sidewalk construction for University Place - Main Street. To the right is seen the Old Mill.
Title: Burlington Streets: University Place
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 09-17
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 17, 1928. Road construction of curbs along University Place looking from Pearl Street. Ira Allen Chapel is to the left with Billings just beyond that. To the right is the main University of Vermont green.
Title: UVM Botany Dept.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group of young men, including an African-American, possibly UVM students and members of a fraternity, dressed in comic "hayseed" attire and carrying scythes and pitchforks. Housing in background suggests campus setting. Horse-drawn farm implement. Warm and sunny day; occasion unknown.
Title: UVM Buildings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
College Row (now University Place) on a snowy day. Buildings in view include: Ira Allen Chapel, Billings Library, Williams Science Hall, and Old Mill.
Title: UVM Fleming Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 12, 1933. Colchester Ave., looking southwest, with view of Fleming Museum on the left.
Title: UVM Ira Allen Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ira Allen Chapel as seen from the north end of University Place. Other buildings include: Torrey Hall (behind chapel), Billings Library, Williams Hall, and Old Mill. 2 automobiles.
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