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)...
Show moreLouis 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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- Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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October 31, 1931. View looking south on South Winooski Ave. from Pearl Street. Trolley tracks still visible in the road bed but overhead cable are gone as the trolleys were no longer being used as of 1929. To the left is the First Congregational Church. To the right on the corner is Charles...
Show moreOctober 31, 1931. View looking south on South Winooski Ave. from Pearl Street. Trolley tracks still visible in the road bed but overhead cable are gone as the trolleys were no longer being used as of 1929. To the left is the First Congregational Church. To the right on the corner is Charles Bombard barber shop at No. 1 So. Winooski. Carl D. Densmore Co. sign for monumental work at 7 So. Winooski. Yandow Tire & Battery Co, Inc. at No. 11 - 15.
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- Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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August 10, 1931. South Winooski Ave at the corner of Bank Street as indicated by the street sign stating Bank St. Piles of dirt are heaped onto the greenbelt (tree belt) as street dept crew do work. To the right can be seen the steeple and front columns of the Congo Church on So. Winooski Ave.
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- Cathedral Grammar School
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1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Cathedral Grammar School
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1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Cathedral Grammar School
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Spring 1950 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students dressed for First Communion standing on the steps outside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt. Photo #2.
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- Cathedral Grammar School
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1949 photo of the front of the sanctuary of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vt with Cathedral Grammar School students ready for First Communion.
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- Cathedral Grammar School
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1949 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students assembled outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont.
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- Cathedral Grammar School
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1957 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Cathedral Grammar School
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Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students dressed for First Communion standing on the steps outside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt. Photo #2.
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- Cathedral Grammar School
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1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Cathedral Grammar School
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1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Cathedral Grammar School
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1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Cathedral Grammar School
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1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont. Photo #1.
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- Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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Undated class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students standing on the steps outside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
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- Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #22.
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Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #21.
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Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #10.
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- Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #29.
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- Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #9.
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- Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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Cathedral Grammar School students gather outside on the front steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont for a class photo. Photo #8.