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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Ca. 1951 indoor photo of elegantly dressed couple. Room has bold wallpaper and stylish furniture.
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Ca. 1947 indoor photo, slightly overexposed, of a couple and their two young sons.
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Ca. 1945 indoor photo of a girl, her mother, and (possibly) grandfather and great-grandmother.
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1945 outdoor photo of family, with father and sons (two in uniform) in the back row; mother and daughters in front.
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Mid-1930s outdoor photo of three women, from possibly three generations, and a young child, all very likely in the Chester M. Kerr family. Kerr, a salesman, owned this house at 283 So. Prospect St., Burlington (see mcalB14F14i02).
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1944 indoor family portrait photo. Mother holds a new born baby girl.
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1958 indoor photo of four generations of a family, as seen in mcalB15F09i03. Elderly lady in the front row seems to be the matriarch, with the youngest being the twins next to her.
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Ca. 1947 indoor photo of perhaps four generations of a family.
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1945 outdoor photo of a family of seven, likely members being father and mother (seated), five daughters, one son.
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An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in front of a wood frame clapboard house. Three children kneel on a toboggan. Same family group also seen in mcalA09F12i34, mcalA15F02i30, i31, i32, i33, i35
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Ca. 1951 indoor photo of couple seen in mcalB15F05i05, now joined by their children. Wallpaper has an exotic look. Family conveys confidence and prosperity.
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1949 family portrait photo taken in their home. Husband and wife with their four grown children. Photo #2.
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Same family as seen in mcalB15F02i03. Here they stand outside near front porch of their home. Dated 1949.
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Another photo of mother and her three grown children. Mother sits in a very large upholstered armchair (Art Deco style?) Sons sit on the chair arms on either side of their mother. Framed picture behind reads in part "Welcome Guest!" Photo #1. Dated 1949.
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1945 outdoor photo of three women taken in the backyard of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Seen also in mcalB14F22i04.
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1945 photo of a soldier, his wife and young daughter (grandniece, Joanne Raymond?). Taken in McAllister's backyard at his home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
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1945 indoor photo of 4 young children and their grandparents.
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Ca. 1956 indoor Christmas photo of a couple and their two children gathered near the tree.
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1944 indoor photo of mother with eight children, as seen in mcalB14F17i08.
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1944 indoor photo of 3 children. (Photo damaged.)