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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A young girl sits at a piano in a living room with fireplace. Same wallpaper seen at location in mcalA14F15i10.
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High school graduation yearbook photo contact sheet. McAllister's grandniece, Joanne Raymond. Probably 1958.
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Profile portrait photo of a young woman wearing a riding outfit sits on a saddled horse that stands in a field. Dated 1958. Photo #4.
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A young woman wearing a riding outfit sits on a saddled horse that stands in a field. Photo #5. Undated but same as previous photos dated 1958.
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1945 portrait photo of a young girl in a room seated in an upholstered chair.
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A young woman wearing a riding outfit sits on a saddled horse that stands in a field. Dated 1958. Photo #6.
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1945 portrait photo of a young woman sitting outdoors with an open book on the steps of UVM Waterman building.
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High school graduate in cap and gown stands with another girl in backyard of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Dated 1957 / 1958.
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McAllister's grandniece, Joanne Raymond, a graduate poses in the backyard of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington in her cap and gown and holds a bouquet of flowers. See also mcalA16F01i02, mcalB16F17i09, mcalB16F18i04
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McAllister's grandniece, Joanne Raymond in graduation cap and gown stands in the backyard of McAllister's home, 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. See also mcalA16F01i02
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McAllister's grand niece, Joanne Raymond(?) in her graduation cap and gown holding a bouquet of flowers. A female graduate poses in the backyard of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington See also mcalB16F17i09 and mcalA16F01i02
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Graduation yearbook photo contact sheet. McAllister's grandniece, Joanne Raymond. Dated 1958.
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1945 portrait photo of two young girls outdoors sitting on the steps of UVM Waterman building.
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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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Undated group portrait photo of several older and elderly women formally dressed. They wear military or club ribbons with auxiliary style metals. One young girl seated front center. A stage with baskets of flowers seen behind. Photo 1.
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Four young women (teenagers?, high school students?) stand in a row on a stage. Three are in identical outfits. Photo #2.
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Ca. 1945 photo of 6 boys and a girl, standing at some tables. Identity of the children, venue, and occasion unknown.
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A young girl dressed for her First Communion.
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Seven very young children are assembled on a living room couch for a group portrait. They each hold a toy or doll except the little boy on the far left. See also mcalA14F15i18
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A young girl dressed for her first communion seen here in what may be a private home.