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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- Farms
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1944 photo of a young man using a hoe and working in a large newly planted crop field.
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- Farms - Barns
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1945 photo of a very long weathered barn with a patched roof near a narrow dirt road.
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- Farms - Barns
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1945 photo of two weathered barns near a body of water. One barn has shingle siding, the other clapboards.
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- Farms - Barns
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Undated photo of farm buildings as seen from a grassy field. Included are a barn with silo, a small shed (maybe a chicken coop) and what may be the farmhouse (seen to the far right).
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- Farms - Barns
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1945 photo of a weathered barn.
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- Farms - Haying
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1947/1948 photo of a hay field with a farmhand driving a tractor and hay cutting machinery.
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- Farms - Haying
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1951 photo of a hay field with two farmhands driving a tractor. A hay wagon is seen behind with the hay coming out of a shoot and going into the wagon.
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- Farms - Haying
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1951 photo of farm workers haying. They drive a tractor with a hay wagon behind.
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- Farms - Haying
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1951 photo of a hay field with farm workers driving a tracker and cut hay being sent through a shoot and into a hay wagon.
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- First Congregational Church
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Winter wonderland view of the First Congregational Church parsonage (currently Ronald McDonald House), the church and chapel, So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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Cavalry Reserve Officers Artillery Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. August 1934. Camp site with pitched tents and row of parked automobiles are also visible.
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- Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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Cavalry Reserve Officers Artillery Range Forth Ethan Allen. Background shows area with pitched tents and row of parked automobiles. Dated Aug. 1934.
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- Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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Landscape view of crowd of people, automobiles, cranes, and excavation at the Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill). Photo #9.
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- Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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Landscape with tents and horses of the Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill).
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- Gardens
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1946 / 1947 garden along a hillside with paths leading up the slope to an arbor or trellis.
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- Gardens
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Another 1944 photo of the large flower garden with a stepping stone path.
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- Gardens
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1946 / 1947 photo of an older woman standing in the center of a flower garden.
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- Gardens
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1944 photo of a large flower garden with a stepping stone path and arbor or trellis.
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- Gardens
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Another 1944 photo of the large flower garden with a stepping stone path and arbor or trellis showing the many tulips in bloom.
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- Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
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1951 photo of Highway Bridge in Cambridge, Vermont located on Route 15 ; constructed by the Vermont Structural Steel Company