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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Group photo. dated 1952, of a young piano studio at the time of their recital, with girls wearing long formal gowns and the boys in jackets and ties. Name of the piano studio and/or its instructor unknown.
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- Piano - Recitals
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Group photo. dated 1952, of a young piano studio at the time of their recital, with girls wearing long formal gowns and the 2 boys in jackets and bow ties. Name of the piano studio and/or its instructor unknown.
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- Piano - Recitals
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1952 photo of a young pianist at the keyboard, dressed in a white gown and seated in a formal (and rather dark) setting with flowers and other plants.
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- Piano - Recitals
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1952 photo of twin sisters bowing after their piano recital, a moment very likely re-created by the photographer.
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- Piano - Recitals
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1952 photo of a young pianist at the keyboard, dressed in a white gown and seated in a formal (and rather dark) setting with flowers and other plants.
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- Piano - Recitals
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Young pianist playing the piano in formal setting at the time of her piano recital.
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- Piano - Recitals
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1952 photo of a young pianist at the keyboard, dressed in a formal gown at the time of her piano recital.
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- Piano - Recitals
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1952 photo of a young pianist at the keyboard, dressed in a white gown and seated in a formal (and rather dark) setting with flowers and other plants.
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- Piano - Recitals
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1952 photo of a young pianist at the keyboard, dressed in a formal gown at the time of her piano recital.
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- Piano - Recitals
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1952 photo of twin sisters (see mcalB13F30i04) playing a duet at the piano.
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- Piano - Recitals
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1952 photo of young piano students at the time of their recital, with girls wearing long white gowns and the boys in jackets and bow ties. Name of studio unknown.
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- Piano - Recitals
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Formal portrait of a young pianist on the occasion of her piano recital.
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- Piano - Recitals
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Group photo, dated 1952, of a young piano studio at the time of their recital, with girls wearing long formal gowns and the 2 boys in jackets and bow ties. Name of the piano studio and/or its instructor unknown.
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- Portraits - Children
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1945 photo of toddler seated in front of a Christmas tree with presents in a living room that include a googly eye mask face doll and a wooden wheeled riding horse. Note: Western Electric metal nondial space-saver wall telephone (1930-1957) with answer only capability seen to the right.
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- Portraits - Children
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1956 / 1957 portrait photo of an infant baby girl sitting in a chair.
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- Portraits - Children
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Undated portrait photo of a young girl standing in a living room. She wears her First Communion dress. Photo #1.
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- Portraits - Children
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Another photo of the same baby girl now laying face down on the small table. She wears only her panties and she is not too happy.
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- Portraits - Children
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1946 or 1947 photo of an baby girl seated on a small table posing for a portrait. She rests her hand on a stuffed toy panda bear .
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- Portraits - Children
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Two over exposed images of an infant baby girl lying on a bassinet for a photo portrait. Dated 1944.
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- Portraits - Children
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Two images of a young child (perhaps a girl) wearing checkered jumper suit and holding a plush toy dog.