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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1947 bride, groom and members of the wedding party standing in what may be a private home.
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Group photo of bride, groom and wedding party with a leaf covered arch behind.
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1947 bride and groom cut their wedding cake at the reception. Guests seated at a long table look on.
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1947 wedding reception at an unidentified location. Painted brick walls with naval flags.
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1945 wedding portrait of wartime bride and groom with members of the wedding party. Photo #3.
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A bride and groom stand close together ; his arm around her waist as they stand outside a church. The bride's veil has caught the wind and it flows outward. Photo #2.
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Undated wedding procession photo of groom in bowler hat, bride in wedding gown descending stairs. She carries a bouquet and they follow two men in uniforms with swords. Early 20th century??
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1949 wedding couple outside in front of a home, No. 189 with family. See also mcalB22F11i02
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Undated photo of Martha Terrain's marriage to Roland McSweeney. She wears a knee length gown. Groom listed in 1925 Burlington city directory as a student of University of Vermont and having a room at the De Goesbriand Hospital. See other wedding party photos mcalA19F05i15 and mcalA19F04i20
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1945 wedding portrait of wartime bride and groom with wedding party standing outside in a landscaped garden. He is in military uniform; she in a wedding gown with long train. A young flower girl stands in front.
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1947 bride and groom stand in the sanctuary of a church. First United Methodist Church, Burlington?
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1945 wedding portrait of wartime bride and groom with wedding party.
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August 25, 1956. Newly wed Betty Phillips and R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. stand outside the First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont with members of the wedding party; the bride's maids and best man. Photo #6?
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A young woman (McAllister's grand niece, Joanne Raymond) poses outside. She holds a bouquet and wears a simple headdress.
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1947 bride and groom cut their wedding cake.
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1949 wedding couple standing outside in front of the "Carriage Room"
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1947 photo of bride, groom and members of the wedding party standing outside. She wears a two piece suit and corsage. See also mcalB22F12i05. Photo #1.
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Dr. Carl McMahon and Mildred Brown, a young bride and groom pose for a portrait in their wedding outfits outside in summertime backyard. She wears a knee length dress with very long veil train. Names, location and date unknown. See wedding party in mcalA19F04i30
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Bride and groom stand outside in their wedding attire with an older couple ; perhaps parents.
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A dramatically lit photo of a young bride in her wedding gown beneath a leaf covered arch and tissue paper folding bell above.