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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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.)
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1948 family portrait photo taken in their home with Christmas tree in background. See also mcalB14F05i07 for the young girl in same setting holding a cat.
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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. Duplicate image of mcalA15F02i31
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1951 family portrait photo gathered in front of the Christmas tree with presents of bedroom lamps, toys. Same family as seen in mcalB14F06i06, mcalB15F03i19, mcalB15F04i08 and mcalB15F04i09
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1945 indoor photo of 4 young children (two boys and two girls) and their grandparents. Photo #3.
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1949 or 1950 multi generational family portrait photo in living room with Christmas tree. A mask face clown doll sits on the floor to the far left.
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1945 outdoor photo of four young mothers holding their children. The Baby boom begins... Photo #2.
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1957 or 1958 family portrait photo taken in their home with Christmas tree. Four young children and family dog. Upright piano to the left.
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1944 indoor photo of couple and child seen in mcalB14F14i10, with additional family members from at least three generations present. See also mcalB14F14i10 for just infant with husband and wife.
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1943 indoor photo of four women and an infant, very likely three or four generations of the family.
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Ca. 1946 indoor photo of the family in mcalB14F25i12, now gathered around the Christmas tree. The mother of the boy is very likely the daughter-in-law of the couple on the right.
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1958 indoor photo of family members from mcalB15F09i03, with the twins being held this time by the grandmother, with mother behind her, and great-grandmother sitting behind the young boy.
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1949 - 1950 family portrait. Same family as seen in mcalB14F12i06 and mcalB14F12i07. Grandmother sits front center. Photo #2.
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1945 indoor photo of young mother with two children.
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1958 indoor photo of family members from mcalB15F09i03, with the twins being held this time by the grandmother, with great-grandmother sitting at her right, and the parents standing in the back.
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1945 indoor photo taken at Christmas, with 2-3 family generations present, as well as a portrait of son or husband on active duty after World War II. The young girl holds a composition baby doll. A toy wooden train seen on the floor.
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1941 outdoor photo of a serviceman, a mother, and her little boy. See same family in mcalB14F18i13.