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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Robed members of the University Choir in Ira Allen Chapel, with director Prof. Howard G. Bennett (front row, center). The choir sang weekly for chapel services and presented Christmas and Easter concerts. A lighter version of this photo appears in the 1953 Ariel (UVM yearbook), on p. 109. Photo #75.
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Robed members of the University Choir in Ira Allen Chapel, with director Prof. Howard G. Bennett (front row, center). The choir sang weekly for chapel services and presented Christmas and Easter concerts. A lighter version of this photo appears in the 1953 Ariel (UVM yearbook), on p. 109. Photo #75.
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August assembly of men, very likely UVM academicians. Style of formal attire suggests late-19th century. Identity and relevance to UVM Botany dept. unknown. Photo may have been in McAllister's collection rather than one he produced.
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Cyrus Pringle (1838-1911), internationally renowned botanist, standing before the filing system of his day. Pringle, a native of Charlotte and "the most prolific plant collector in history," brought his herbarium to UVM in 1902, at the behest of the trustees. The Pringle Herbarium at UVM was the...
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Students (and dog) assembled before the current Pomeroy Hall, which served as the first building for the medical college (1828), and then the Agricultural Experiment Station (1886). Affiliation of the group is unknown, but they may be agriculture majors in a particular botany course.
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University Place, formerly known as College Row, looking north. Includes Old Mill, Williams Science Building, Billings Library, and Ira Allen Chapel. Bust of UVM benefactor John Purple Howard (1814-1885) in the foreground.
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