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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Mid 1930s Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT Lower level of Memorial Auditorium and a display of boats and boating supplies owned by Edgar Chiott & Sons. Chiott is listed as lighthouse keeper and proprietor in the Burlington city directory. (Duplicate of mcalB08F08i04.)
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Mid 1930s Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT An assortment of boating supplies: life jackets and buoys, pads and paddles, a model sailboat kit, etc. Apparently a display for a boat show or other business exhibition. Sign reads: American Pad & Textile Co. Edgar Chiott & Son, Distributors.
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Original caption reads: This is a view of the building built under WPA Project No. 65-12-344 at Ethan Allen Park to be used as a combination tool house and toilet for ladies and gentlemen. Modern plumbing has been installed in the toilets with a large cesspool for sewage disposal which can later...
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- Farms
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Autumn scene of a farmhouse with small attached barn next to a paved road. An automobile is parked in the front yard just off the road. Trees are bare of leaves. There are mountains in the background.
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- Farms
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View across a valley showing farms and farm buildings and mountains in the distance. In the foreground is a fence with a picket gate and a stone walk leading up to it.
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- Farms - Barns
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1945 photo of a weathered shingle sided barn.
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- Farms - Barns
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1945 photo of two weathered barns near a body of water. One barn has shingle siding, the other clapboards.
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- Farms - Barns
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1949 photo of a barn.
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Undated photo of farm buildings as seen from a grassy field. Included are a barn with silo, a small shed (maybe a chicken coop) and what may be the farmhouse (seen to the far right).
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- Farms - Barns
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1945 photo of a weathered barn.
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1945 photo of a horse drawn plow cutting hay with a barn and other farm buildings in the background.
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1944 photo (double exposure) of a horse saddled standing with a man (to the far left) and farm buildings behind.
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1945 photo of a man standing in the middle of a fire scene of a burned building. Debris seen scattered on the ground. Railroad tracks seen to the far left.
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View of the western facade of the Follett House. There is a large crowd of people watching a fire which is producing dark clouds of billowing smoke.
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1937 photo of the Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT) State Police Headquarters. See another view mcalB08F31i05
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1937 photo of the Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT) State Police Headquarters. See also mcalB08F31i10
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1937 photo of the movie theatre at Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
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- Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)
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1937 photo of the movie theatre at Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)