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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1949 wedding couple and family outside in front of house on lawn. Photo #1. See also mcalB22F11i08
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1945 wedding portrait of a wartime bride and groom. She wears a wedding gown; he wears a tuxedo and they stand outside of a vine covered front porch.
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1953 wedding portrait taken outside of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Two familiar family members stand in the very back.
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1945 photo of a war bride and groom standing outside in front of a house. Groom is in naval uniform. Photo 3.
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1947 photo of bride, groom and wedding party guests seated in a restaurant. Photo #3.
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A bride and groom begin to cut into their large and elaborate wedding cake at the wedding reception.
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August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. begin to cut into their wedding cake at the wedding reception. They are in Fellowship Hall on the ground floor of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The heavy wooden sliding doors with windows behind them closed off...
Show moreAugust 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. begin to cut into their wedding cake at the wedding reception. They are in Fellowship Hall on the ground floor of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The heavy wooden sliding doors with windows behind them closed off the chapel. Betty was a member of the church. Photo #8.
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1951 or 1952 photo of a bride and groom at their reception holding pieces of their wedding cake with members of the party looking on.
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1947 - Bride in a gown with elaborate scalloped lace train and groom pose for a portrait with members of the wedding party in the corner of a room.
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- Weddings
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1957 full length portrait photo of a bride standing in a wedding gown.
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- Weddings
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A young bride and her military uniformed groom pose in a church sanctuary. Location unknown. Could it be the First United Methodist Church on So Winooski Ave (address 21 Buell Street) in Burlington, Vermont?
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1947 Bride and groom cut their wedding cake with wedding guests and priest looking on.
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1947 Bride and groom standing outside the church. Location is the First United Methodist Church entrance on Buell Street side, Burlington, Vermont. See also mcalB22F08i02, mcalB22F08i03
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1947 - A bride and groom pose for a portrait in what may be a private home.
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A young bride and groom stand outside in their wedding attire for a portrait.