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.
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- Cathedral High School
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1956 group photo of Cathedral High School students and a faculty member. Probably taken for the school year book. Photo #22
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- House Furnishings
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An upholstered arm chair in a floral print fabric with scroll hand rests, wooden feet and lower arms of wood.
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- House Furnishings
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Photo of an overstuffed upholstered chair in a brocade fabric and wooden ball shaped front feet.
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- Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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An interior view of a living room area perhaps in a camp, cottage or hunting lodge. Overstuffed chairs and other comfortable furniture furnish the room. Many animal heads (some foxes?) are hung on the walls. Rifles are mounted overhead.
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- Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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1945 photo of a living room with a fireplace decorated for Christmas. Evergreen bows are on the mantel. Two small trees are on each side of the fireplace and strung with garlands and lights.
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- Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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1945 photo of a living room with upholstered furniture, a fireplace and a large Persian type rug on the floor. A beautiful high style chest of drawers seen to the right.
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- Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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1940s photo of a beautiful high style chest of drawers as seen in the living room photos of mcalB09F23i07 and i08. Is this Empire style?
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- Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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1945 photo of a bedroom with two twin size beds, a writing desk and bureaus.
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- Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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An elegant upscale dining room. The wide plank wooden floor are covered with a large area rug. Antique furniture and paintings are in the room. There is a floor to ceiling window to the far right. Elaborate architectural molding around the room over archways and over the window.
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- Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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1945 interior photo of a furnished bedroom with a fireplace.
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- Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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1945 photo of a furnished bedroom with two double beds.
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- Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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Undated interior photo of a large parlor or living room with a fireplace, floor to ceiling windows, wicker or rattan furniture and large area rug on the floor. Embossed in lower right corner.
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- Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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1940s photo of a bedroom with a twin size bed, other furnishings including a small writing desk placed against a door and braided area rugs on the floor.
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- Interiors (Unidentified)
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Trinity College dining hall (cafeteria) with tables and chairs arranged in dining style. Overhead lighting fixtures have a futuristic look to them. Undated but may be 1950s. McAuley Hall? Photo #?
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- Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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Philco radio exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing radio sets for the home.
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- Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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Philco radio exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing various radio sets for the home. Embossed with McAllister's name lower right corner.
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- Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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RCA Radiola exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing radios for the home. Embossed with McAllister's name lower right corner.
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- Miscellaneous
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Wood bench or stool. Dated 1951 / 1952.
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- Miscellaneous
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Two upholstered chairs. Dated 1935 / 1936.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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1954 photo of nine Mount St. Mary's Academy students in a dorm room. Photo #12?