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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Undated portrait photo of a young girl standing in a living room. She wears her First Communion dress. Photo #1.Same girl as in mcalB14F11i02
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1945 portrait photo of a one year old girl seated in an upholstered child's chair next to a table with a birthday cake. One candle is on the cake. Two dolls and a toy stuffed elephant stand on the floor near the table.
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1944 portrait photo of a young girl sitting on a long coffee table and holding a stuffed toy teddy bear .
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1946 or 1947 portrait photo of a young girl seated on a small table placed before a curtained window. She wears a dress, bonnet and a necklace with a cross. Same child as in mcalB14F04i16
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1945 Christmas portrait of toddler standing in front of a Christmas tree and presents in a living room. Note: Western Electric metal nondial space-saver wall telephone (1930-1957) with answer only capability seen to the right.
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1946 or 1947 photo of same baby girl seated on a small table posing for a portrait. She glances to the side while she holds tightly to her stuffed toy panda bear .
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1946 or 1947 photo of a young girl in the living room seated in an upholstered chair with her dolls and the family dog.
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1945 photo of a photo pinned to a surface. It shows a young girl in her First Communion dress, veil and rosary.
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1949 photo of a young girl sitting in a chair holding a cat. Child wears a chenille bathrobe with outline of a dog near the hem. Through the archway is a Christmas tree with various items displayed including a baby carriage and a phonograph record album "Pretty Baby".
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1945 photo of a young girl in a living room seated on the arm of an upholstered chair. She holds a doll. Beside her is a doll's crib. Behind her is a Christmas tree.
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Six images of a little girl in pigtails posing for a photo portrait. Dated 1945.
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Undated portrait photo of a young girl wearing her First Communion dress. She stands next to a glass top table with vase of flowers.
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Two images of an infant girl with large bow in her hair seated in the corner of an upholstered couch. She wears a ring and a bracelet. In one image she holds a composition Mama-type baby doll that has a wide frilled bonnet.
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1956 / 1957 portrait photo of a baby girl standing in a chair.
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Undated portrait photo of a young girl wearing her First Communion dress. She is standing in a living room. Same girl as in mcalB14F11i02
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1956 / 1957 portrait photo of an infant baby girl sitting in a chair.