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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A multi generation family photo. Date and location unknown but may be taken in early 20th century.
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Five young children stand outside of what may be their wooden clapboard sided home on a winter's day with an older man standing behind them. A hatch way door is open behind the children.
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A multi generational group of men, women and an infant standing and seated in chairs outside an elegant brick and fluted column porch. May have been taken in the 1920s.
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Group family portrait with parents and their nine children. Photo of Christ hanging on the wall behind. See also mcalA14F16i04 and mcalA14F16i08
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An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in a field with a horse and a number of buildings behind them. See same family group in mcalA09F12i34 and mcalA15F02i31, i32, i33, i35
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Undated family portrait of an unidentified man and woman of the Salvation Army and five children. See also mcalA09F12i35, mcalA15F02i07, mcalA16F01i32. Uncropped version is mcalB17F21i11.
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An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in a field. See same family group in mcalA09F12i34 and mcalA15F02i31, i32, i33, i35
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A multi generation family group with mother holding infant twins. See same family members in mcalA15F02i18 and i26
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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
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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, i34, i35
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A man, his wife and two children stand outside their house. The same man appears in mcalA09F12i44 holding a carved wooden chain. He is missing his left hand. See also mcalA15F02i12
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A multi generation family photo taken outside a brick building. A mother and her two daughters wear matching dresses. Two other mothers hold their infants in their laps while the fathers stand behind. Grandparents are seated in front with one young girl. See also mcalB15F08i06 for the same family...
Show moreA multi generation family photo taken outside a brick building. A mother and her two daughters wear matching dresses. Two other mothers hold their infants in their laps while the fathers stand behind. Grandparents are seated in front with one young girl. See also mcalB15F08i06 for the same family. 1957 or 1958.
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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. Same family group also seen in mcalA09F12i34, mcalA15F02i30, i31, i32, i33
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An outdoor group portrait of an unidentified man and woman with eight children as they stand in a field in front of a large evergreen tree. See same family group in mcalA09F12i34 and mcalA15F02i31, i32, i33, i34, i35
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A Christmas family portrait with mother, father and four children. Gifts seen beneath the tree and behind. The oldest girl proudly holds up her hard plastic bride doll in wedding gown and veil.