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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c1951 / 1952. View of the fireplace furnished sitting area of the Webb estate trophy room surrounded with wall mounted wildlife heads and animal skin rugs. A stuffed bear is seen to the left. An owl in the corner to the right.
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c1951 / 1952. Display of stuffed wild animals and birds with a wall mounted animal skin from the Webb estate trophy room in Shelburne, Vermont. Seen are various rodents, beaver, owl, fish. See also mcalB21F29i02
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View of the Webb estate trophy room with cooking hearth, mounted kitchen utensils, wall mounted stuffed wild animal heads, firearms, birds, skins, animal skin rugs, trestle table with benches and other comfortable sitting area furnishings.
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- Webb Estate - Trophy Room (Shelburne, VT) later in Shelburne Museum
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Fireplace in the Webb estate trophy room showing mounted ram's head and fish, rifles, figurines of wildlife and fireplace implements.
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View of the fireplace furnished sitting area of the Webb estate trophy room surrounded with wall mounted wildlife heads and animal skin rugs. A stuffed bear is seen to the left. An owl in the corner to the right.
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Standing stuffed bear with a rifle leaning against him in the Webb estate trophy room in Shelburne, Vermont.
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- Webb Estate - Trophy Room (Shelburne, VT) later in Shelburne Museum
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View of Webb estate trophy room with cooking hearth in the background. Room is furnished with an overhead animal yoke made into a lighting fixture, mounted stuffed wild animal heads, animal skin rugs, a stuffed standing bear, a trestle table with benches and other comfortable sitting area furniture.
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- Weddings
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A young bride stands at the foot of an interior staircase in her wedding gown holding a large bouquet.
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- Weddings
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A young bride and groom prepare to cut their wedding cake.
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- Weddings
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1949 wedding couple and family outside in front of house on lawn. Photo #1. See also mcalB22F11i08
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- Weddings
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1945 photo of two men and two women (members of a wedding party?) in the backyard of McAllister's Burlington home, 47 No. Winooski Ave. Man on far right in military uniform. See also mcalB22F08i01
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- Weddings
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1945 wedding portrait of a wartime bride and groom. She wears a wedding gown; he wears a tuxedo and they stand outside of a vine covered front porch.
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1945 portrait of a bride in wedding gown with long train and groom standing on the lawn outside a house. She holds a bouquet of gladiolas and roses. Photo 1. See also mcalB22F07i06, mcalB22F05i07
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- Weddings
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1953 wedding portrait taken outside of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Two familiar family members stand in the very back.
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- Weddings
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1945 photo of a war bride and groom standing outside in front of a house. Groom is in naval uniform. Photo 3.
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- Weddings
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August 25, 1956. Newly wed Betty Phillips and R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand outside in front of the First Baptist Church in Burlington, Vermont with the complete wedding party; parents, bride's maids and best man. Betty was a member of the church. Her parents were Carl and Kay Phillips.
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1945 bride and groom with members of their wedding party stand in the living room of a home. Bride wears a gown; groom a military uniform. Photo 3. See also mcalB22F06i05