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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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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Photo of beach ; water front land ; lake shoreline ; along with a group of men and women gathered in the lower right corner of photo.
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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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Eight men and women form a line on a lake shore beach for a group photo.
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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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Photo of beach ; water front land ; lake shoreline ; along with a group of men and women gathered in the upper right corner of photo.
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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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Photo of beach ; water front land ; lake shoreline ; along with a group of men and women gathered in the center left portion of photo. See also mcalA15F01i02 and mcalA15F01i03
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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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Fourteen men gather near an outdoor camp fire on a rock slope. Two large boulders can be seen. A large rocky ledge is in the background. See also mcalA15F09i21.
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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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A group of men have an outdoor meal on a rocky slope with a large rocky ledge behind them. most of them wear business suits. One wears a pair of knickers. Large boulders are nearby. Their bowls appear to be metal.
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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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Fourteen men gather near an outdoor camp fire on a rock slope. Two large boulders can be seen. A large rocky ledge is in the background.See also mcalA15F09i27.
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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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A group of men gather near a lake shore with metal bowls in their hands. Two large kettles are at the right; perhaps containing soup or stew. A flat boat and another boat are in the water.
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- Sewer Projects
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March 5, 1937. View of a late winter field. Trees have been felled as their trunks are seen sticking up. Some trunks have been dug up. A wire fence spans the area. Seen in the distance is what looks like a tunnel as part of a sewer project site.
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- Sewer Projects
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View of several buildings on top of an torn up embankment with lots of rubble nearby at a sewer project site.
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- Shelburne Museum
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Shelburne Museum. Schoolhouse near a pond on the museum grounds.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
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- 1949
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1949 view of bare ground construction site belonging to the Shelburne Museum.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
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- 1949
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1949 photo of bare ground construction site belonging to the Shelburne Museum.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
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- 1935-1936
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1935 / 1936 photo of construction on land belonging to the Shelburne Museum.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
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- 1946-1947
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1946 / 1947 view of construction on land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Route 7 (?) in the foreground.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
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- 1951-1952
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1951 / 1952 view of open acres of land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Plumbs of earth are seen as the land is worked.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
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- 1951-1952
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1951 / 1952 view of open acres of land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Plumbs of earth are seen as the land is worked.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
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- 1935-1936
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1935 / 1936 view of construction on the land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Construction works dot the site.
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- South Burlington, Vermont
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View of portion of a road in South Burlington with telephone poles on one side, trees lining the other side and several buildings, barns and sign advertising camps.
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- State Health Building Construction (Burlington, VT)
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- 1952
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1952 construction site photo of State Health Building being built. Listed as 115 Colchester Ave. in 1954 city directory (currently 195 Colchester Ave.). Newly built Mary Fletcher Hospital seen to the right in background.