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.) [185]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [34]
- Colchester (Vt.) [31]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [19]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [15]
- Winooski (Vt.) [9]
- Middlebury (Vt.) [8]
- Battery Park (Vt.) [5]
- Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.) [4]
- Montpelier (Vt.) [4]
- Essex Junction (Vt.) [3]
- Champlain, Lake [2]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [2]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [2]
- St. Albans (Vt.) [2]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [1]
- Winooski River (Vt.) [1]
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- black-and-white photographs [547]
- photographs [547]
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- Women [848]
- Portrait photography [569]
- Men [461]
- Children [119]
- Family [111]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [35]
- University of Vermont [33]
- Nurses [30]
- Girls [29]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesLadies Auxiliary.Dept. of Vermont [29]
- Priests [28]
- Dwellings [27]
- Nuns [24]
- Veterans [23]
- Employees [22]
- Camps [21]
- Church buildings [21]
- Young women [21]
- Business [20]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [20]
- Fanny Allen Hospital [19]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [19]
- Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.) [19]
- Camping [16]
- Circus performers [16]
- Boys [15]
- Offices [15]
- Banners [14]
- Christmas greens [14]
- Infants [14]
- Worship programs [14]
- Salvation Army [12]
- Urban parks [12]
- Santa Claus [11]
- College students [10]
- Costume [10]
- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Cake [9]
- Chapels [9]
- Choirs (Music) [9]
- Furniture [9]
- Gymnasiums [9]
- Horses [9]
- School children [9]
- Flowers [8]
- Middlebury College [8]
- Bowling [7]
- Camp Holy Cross (Vt.) [7]
- Dolls [7]
- Flag raising and lowering [7]
- Soldiers [7]
- Auditoriums [6]
- Gardens [6]
- Actors [5]
- Architectural photography [5]
- Automobiles [5]
- Beauty operators [5]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Classrooms [5]
- Landscape photography [5]
- Museums [5]
- Radio stations [5]
- Reunions [5]
- Students [5]
- Weddings [5]
- Young men [5]
- Advertising [4]
- Brides [4]
- Class reunions [4]
- General Electric Company [4]
- Knights of Columbus [4]
- Marriage [4]
- Railroad tracks [4]
- Toys [4]
- Animals [3]
- Chairs [3]
- Factories [3]
- Hospitals [3]
- Modern Woodmen of America [3]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [3]
- Robert Hull Fleming Museum [3]
- St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Statues [3]
- Stores, Retail [3]
- Street photography [3]
- Theaters [3]
- Theaters Stage-setting and scenery [3]
- VermontGovernor [3]
- Wills, William H.1882-1946 [3]
- Bands (Music) [2]
- Blackface entertainers [2]
- Boats and boating [2]
- Boy Scouts [2]
- Bridegrooms [2]
- Buses [2]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [2]
- Choruses [2]
- Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Rutland, Vt.) [2]
- Convenience stores [2]
- Department stores [2]
- Exhibit booths [2]
- Greek letter societies [2]
- Lincoln Inn (Essex Junction, Vt.) [2]
- Machinery [2]
- Musicians [2]
- Radio Receivers and reception [2]
- Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.) [2]
- American Legion [1]
- Athletics [1]
- Bridges [1]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Cafeterias [1]
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Cavalry [1]
- Cavalry horses [1]
- Dance [1]
- Dance recitals [1]
- Exhibitions [1]
- Farms [1]
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Fraternal Order of Eagles [1]
- Girl Scouts [1]
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows [1]
- Parades [1]
- Radio actors and actresses [1]
- Radio broadcasters [1]
- Railroad trains [1]
- Refrigerators [1]
- Rifles [1]
- Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.) [1]
- Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States [1]
- Tap dancers [1]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [1]
- Volleyball [1]
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