Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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- November 19, 2007, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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- McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
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Louis Leon McAllister was born in Omaha, Nebraska on October 16, 1876, the son of Rosa (Gould) and William G. McAllister. His father, a native of Warren VT, was a maker of tintypes in Bristol prior to the Civil War. L.L. returned to Vermont and began photographing in Randolph in 1897. In a few years he moved to Burlington and became a well-known photographer in the Burlington area with his business at 47 North Winooski Avenue.
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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.
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McAllister died April 28, 1963, ending a sixty-year career as a Burlington area photographer.
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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.