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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1950 photo of a home with an enclosed front porch and a large tree in the front yard. Adirondack style chair seen on the lawn.
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A countryside home is seen along a dirt road. A two door garage is nearby with a parked car.
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An older couple and their dog stand in front of their home with the garage and parked car seen to the left. Dated 1947.
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1930s photo of a cottage by a lake. For another view of this see mcalB09F24i19.
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An older couple and their dog stand in front of their home with the garage and parked car seen to the left. Dated 1947.
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1950 photo of a home with an enclosed front porch and a large tree in the front yard. Adirondack style chair seen on the lawn.
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1950 photo of a home with an enclosed front porch along an unpaved country dirt road. Adirondack style chair seen on the lawn.
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- Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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1945 photo of a living room with upholstered furniture, a fireplace and a large Persian type rug on the floor. A beautiful high style chest of drawers seen to the right.
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1945 photo of a hanging chandelier. Elaborate wallpaper seen on the wall behind.
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1945 photo of a bedroom with two twin size beds, a writing desk and bureaus.
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1945 interior photo of a furnished bedroom with a fireplace.
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1945 photo of a chandelier hanging from a ceiling. Landscape paintings hang on the wall behind.
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1945 photo of a living room with a chandelier hanging from a ceiling and reflected in a very large mirror to the right.
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1945 photo of a furnished bedroom with two double beds.
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1940s photo of a bedroom with a twin size bed, other furnishings including a small writing desk placed against a door and braided area rugs on the floor.
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1940s night time winter photo of a house. Its front terrace and sidewalk covered in newly fallen snow.
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1945 photo of two unidentified houses. Home on the right has two sets of steps leading to entrances and an upper story open porch.
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1945 photo of a two story clapboard unidentified home. Two entrances are seen; one to the left with a railed in porch; the other to the right has a flat top overhang over the door. A man stands out front and a car is parked in the driveway in front of a garage.
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"The Birches" is lettered over the doorway to the right of the open porch at ground level. This porch has tree log supports and railings. Six over six window panes can be seen in the windows. It has a pitched roof and a central chimney. There is an enclosed upper level porch. See also mcalA11F16i11