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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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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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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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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A multi generation family portrait. The man and woman in the back may be the parents of the young boy and twin infants. The two older women may be grandmothers. They appear to be in a living room setting with upholstered furniture. See also mcalA15F02i18
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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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A seated man and woman (husband and wife) and a boy (their son). Floral draperies seen behind.
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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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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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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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A man, woman and four teen and school age children stand near a table laid out with china dinnerware. The boys wear suit jackets as does the man. The woman and young lady are nicely attired in dresses.
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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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An older man and woman pose seated with other family members standing behind them. The one young boy wears a suit jacket, tie, shorts and knee socks. They are assembled outside a large brick building's porch with double columns.
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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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An older woman and older man pose with two young boys. The boys wear toy cowboy holsters and toy pistols. Location looks to be in a corner of a convenience store or shop.
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- Portraits, families, unidentified
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Group family portrait with parents and their nine children standing outside their home. See also mcalA15F02i02 and mcalA14F16i04
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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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Photo of a young choir boy in robe holding an open book.
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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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A large group of young people along with a few older adults gather at a rustic restaurant(?) a special event.
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- Rice Memorial High School - Groups
- Date Created
- 1959
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Members of the Rice Memorial High School Rifle Club. Dated 1959. Photo #20.
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- Richmond High School
- Date Created
- undated
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Richmond High School baseball team. Undated.
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- Richmond High School
- Date Created
- 1944
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Richmond High School baseball team of 1944. Photo #1.
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- Richmond High School
- Date Created
- undated
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Richmond High School baseball team. Undated.
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- Richmond High School
- Date Created
- 1944
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Richmond High School baseball team of 1944. Photo #2.
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- Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
- Date Created
- 1951-1952
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1951 / 1952 Saint Joseph's Church sanctuary with worshipers. Two boys look at the photographer as he takes a picture of the altar at St.Joseph's Church on the Old North End in Burlington, Vt. The altar is crowded with statues of saints and angels and decorated with candles, flowers, plants, and...
Show more1951 / 1952 Saint Joseph's Church sanctuary with worshipers. Two boys look at the photographer as he takes a picture of the altar at St.Joseph's Church on the Old North End in Burlington, Vt. The altar is crowded with statues of saints and angels and decorated with candles, flowers, plants, and flags. High above the altar is a reproduction of DaVinci's "Last Supper," and a prominent statue of Mary under a canopy can be seen on the left. In keeping with the Tridentine rite of the Roman Catholic Church, the priest faces the altar (and not the parishioners, as in current practice) where the Latin texts are framed and set in place. Photo 4.
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- Saint Stephen's
- Date Created
- 1948-1949
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Ca. 1948 photo of the St. Stephen's parish basketball team and their coaches. Location of the gym unknown.
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- Saint Stephen's
- Date Created
- 1947-1948
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Ca. 1947 photo of St. Stephen's parish (Winooski, Vt.) basketball team. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.
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- Saint Stephen's
- Date Created
- 1947-1948
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Ca. 1947 photo of the St. Stephen's parish basketball team and coaching staff. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.
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- Saint Stephen's
- Date Created
- 1949
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1949 photo of the St. Stephen's parish baseball team and coaches, taken outside the church in Winooski. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.