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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1945 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered dirt road. Photo #2.
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1944 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered tree lined dirt road.
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1944 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered tree lined dirt road.
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1940s photo of several people and their dogs walking in a shallow body of water.
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1945 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered rural dirt road. Roadside posts act as a guard rail and a lone car is seen in the distance. Photo #4.
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1944 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered field with a grove of birch and evergreen trees in the background.
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1945 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered dirt road. Footprints seen in the snow to the left. Photo #3.
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1945 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered dirt road.
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1930s unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered dirt road with buildings seen to the side and in the distance. Photo #3.
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Photo of houses Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
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