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 1940s interior view of a large high tin ceiling room with sewing machines, a large central table and patterns attached to the wall
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1944 photo of three men and a woman (who resembles Margaret Thatcher) looking over some documents. Several photos of buildings and houses are on the wall. Location may be an architectural firm, but that remains unknown along with the identity of the persons and the occasion.
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- Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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Photo of building in Queen City Park in So Burlington, Vermont. It has a long open porch, two stories and is surrounded by trees.
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- Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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Photo of a building surrounded by trees and other summer vegetation has a long open porch and shingle siding. Porch shades are rolled up and tied. Straight back rocking chairs are seen on the open deck.
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- Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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A large building is seen through its surrounding trees in summer. To the right a striped canvas provides a covered entry way.
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- Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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A large elegant building in Queen City Park, So. Burlington, Vermont is shaded by elm and other trees in this summer time photo. Open porches are seen on each end of the building. Canvas canopies on the porch on the right can provide shade from the sun.
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- Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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Front view of a two story clapboard house located in Queen City Park with an open front porch and center front steps. Striped awnings are attached to the front porch and to the two upper story windows. Shingles cover the lower portion of the front porch. The number 96 is visible on the front of...
Show moreFront view of a two story clapboard house located in Queen City Park with an open front porch and center front steps. Striped awnings are attached to the front porch and to the two upper story windows. Shingles cover the lower portion of the front porch. The number 96 is visible on the front of the house. Same house as mcalA11F16i21 and i22
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God and Our Country is inscribed on this elaborate fireplace. The floor is covered with debris. A pool of water is formed on the floor in front. The brick chimney behind the fireplace facade is exposed through a picture frame type opening. Has there been a fire?
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- Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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A large group of people believed to members of the Vermont State Spiritualist Association are gathered for a group portrait. All ages seen here (men, women and children). They stand or sit in front of the Smith Cottage, a two story clapboard building once in Queen City Park, South Burlington....
Show moreA large group of people believed to members of the Vermont State Spiritualist Association are gathered for a group portrait. All ages seen here (men, women and children). They stand or sit in front of the Smith Cottage, a two story clapboard building once in Queen City Park, South Burlington. Many stand on the upper balcony. Date unknown but may be late 19th century or early 20th century. See a more recent photo mcalA16F05i02
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- Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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Trees in summer foliage surround this building in Queen City Park, So. Burlington, Vermont. Steps lead to an open porch. A clear story type upper element of the structure can be seen through the trees. A foot path seems to lead down a steep decline on the right of the photo.
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- Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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Photo of a large elegant three story building in Queen City Park, So. Burlington, Vermont. To the right is a covered carriage park area complete with a cupola type structure on top partially hidden by the surrounding trees.
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph Rice, Bishop of Burlington, and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington, Vermont. The school, seen in its entirety here, is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington, Vermont. The school, seen in its entirety here, is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington)
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Rev. Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington, and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Saint Luke's Church - St. Albans, VT
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Saint Luke's Church in St. Albans, Vt located at Fairfield Ave and Church Street. Undated.
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- Sewer Projects
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Three men work in what looks like a cellar of a building. There is a stone foundation behind the men and painted wooden panels along with large mounds of dirt and exposed metal bars in the ground (rebar?) Overhead floor jousts and metal pipes.