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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1944 photo of a small group of boys and girls gathered near a stage. Each proudly holds a card or certificate of some kind. Two older adults stand in back. A large of group of seated children are assembled for this graduation ceremony.
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1951 photo of a group of young people assembled outside for a portrait. Older adults stand on either side. The girls wear summer dresses and corsages. One small child holds a graduation baton. Photo #3.
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1951 photo of a group of young people assembled outside for a portrait. Older adults stand on either side. The girls wear summer dresses and corsages. One small child holds a graduation baton. Photo #1.
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- Graduations - Unidentified
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1951 photo of a group of young people assembled outside for a portrait. Older adults stand on either side. The girls wear summer dresses and corsages. One small child holds a graduation baton. Photo #2.
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- Graduations - Unidentified
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1958 South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Knowledge is...") seen in the back. Photo #1.
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1944 photo of a young lady receiving a graduation certificate from an older woman. A large group of seated young children are assembled watching the ceremony.
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- Milton Elementary School
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1945 Milton Elementary School class portrait. Photo #11.
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- Milton Elementary School
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1946 Milton Elementary School class portrait assembled outside on benches in a grassy field. Photo #10.
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- Milton Elementary School
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1946 Milton Elementary School class portrait assembled outside on benches in a grassy field. Photo #6.
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- Milton Elementary School
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1945 Milton Elementary School class portrait with their teacher. Photo #21.
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- Milton Elementary School
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1946 Milton Elementary School class portrait assembled outside on benches in a grassy field. Photo #1.
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- Milton Elementary School
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1946 Milton Elementary School class portrait taken outside in a grassy field. Photo #7.
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- Milton Elementary School
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1945 Milton Elementary School class portrait.
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- Milton Elementary School
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1946 Milton Elementary School class portrait assembled outside on benches in a grassy field. Photo #11.
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- Milton Elementary School
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1945 Milton Elementary School class portrait.
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- Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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Four teenager girls pose as if to dance or cheer. They wear full skirts; one quilted with black cats. They stand in a school gymnasium (basketball hoop seen in the background). Wood logs rest on fire irons on the floor in front of them.
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- Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Portraits, children, unidentified
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School children class photo. Photo #1.
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- Portraits, children, unidentified
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A group of young children, perhaps kindergarten age, seen in their day care center (may be a church or nursery setting). They sit or stand with nearby tables, chairs, slide, sandbox and baby carriage. A woman stands in the back over seeing the boys and girls.
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Sunday School for a group of children engaged in cutting construction paper and working on a project. Taken in a building on Orchard Terrace, known as "The Pilgrim House", purchased by the First Congregational Church for Sunday School use. House demolished in 1960s to make way for new addition to...
Show moreSunday School for a group of children engaged in cutting construction paper and working on a project. Taken in a building on Orchard Terrace, known as "The Pilgrim House", purchased by the First Congregational Church for Sunday School use. House demolished in 1960s to make way for new addition to the church. The children sit at tables. A woman leans over the children also helping with the cutting. The floor is carpeted, the blinds drawn at the two windows in the back. One little boy kneels near a doll house. Photo #9. See also mcalA14F16i31.
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