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.) [6]
- Colchester (Vt.) [1]
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- black-and-white photographs [11]
- photographs [11]
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- Gardens [22]
- Flowers [9]
- Landscape photography [7]
- Portrait photography [7]
- Nuns [6]
- Dwellings [1]
- Fanny Allen Hospital [1]
- Housing [1]
- Nurses [1]
- University of Vermont [1]
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Topic: ("Gardens")
Title: Fanny Allen Hospital: School of Nurses Training - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This photo appears in the Burlington Free Press of June 7, 1944 (one day after D-Day). In the front row (l.-r.) are: Marjorie Malbourne, Gertrude Valyou, Sr. Bisson (Superintendent of Nurses, Fanny Allen Hospital), Lorraine Barber, Lorraine Dion. Back row (l.-r.): Barbara McNeil, Bernadette Daly, Doritt Rylant, Alfreda Moreau, Ruby Story, Kathleen McNally, and Margaret Rice. Photo #2?
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1937 photo of a circular garden with a fountain in the center.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Another 1937 view of the circular garden with the fountain in the center showing a brick wall and gate.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 / 1947 photo of an older woman standing in the center of a flower garden.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a large flower garden with a stepping stone path and arbor or trellis.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Another 1944 photo of the large flower garden with a stepping stone path.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Another 1944 photo of the large flower garden with a stepping stone path and arbor or trellis showing the many tulips in bloom.
Title: Gardens
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 / 1947 garden along a hillside with paths leading up the slope to an arbor or trellis.
Title: Houses with Gardens - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A view of the mountain range in the distance from the vantage point of a garden in winter covered with snow. Dated 1950s.
Title: Houses with Gardens - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A view of the mountain range in the distance from the vantage point of a garden in winter covered with snow. Dated 1950s.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958; 1958
Summer. Five Sisters of Mercy near an arbor or trellis, probably in the garden near Mount. St. Mary's. White veils, usually indicating novices, may just be cooler summer attire. Dated 1958.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
Six Sisters of Mercy near an arbor or trellis in the garden at Mount St. Mary's.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
Six Sisters of Mercy near an arbor or trellis in the garden at Mt. St. Mary's. Dated 1959.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1960; 1960
Six Sisters of Mercy in the garden near the convent, perhaps novices, as indicated by the white veil, or professed sisters wearing cooler summer wear. Photo #28. Dated 1960.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1960; 1960
Six Sisters of Mercy in the garden near the convent, perhaps novices, as indicated by the white veil, or professed sisters wearing cooler summer wear. Photo #29. Dated 1960.
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1937
1937 portrait photo of a woman standing on a dirt path in a large formal flower garden. Same woman as in mcalB16F12i07.
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1937
1937 portrait photo of a woman seated in a wooden slat chair on a dirt path in a large formal flower garden. Same woman as in mcalB16F12i06.
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1937
1937 portrait photo of a woman seated in a wooden slat chair on a dirt path in a large formal flower garden. Same woman as in mcalB16F12i06 and mcalB16F12i07.
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1937
1937 portrait photo of a woman standing on a dirt path in a large formal flower garden. Same woman as in mcalB16F12i07.
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1937
1937 portrait photo of a woman wearing a coat standing on a dirt path in a large formal flower garden with fountain. Same woman as in mcalB16F12i07, mcalB16F12i08, mcalB16F12i09.
Title: Portraits - Individuals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947; 1946-1947
1946 / 1947 photo of an older woman with white hair wearing a polka dot dress standing in a large flower garden next to her home. She holds a small bouquet.
Title: UVM - Housing (Temporary)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Temporary housing units near main campus with a garden in the foreground. These preceded the construction of the Chittenden-Buckham-Wills dormitories and very likely accommodated GI's coming to UVM as part of the "GI Bill." Dated 1946 / 1947.
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