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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- Church Groups - Unidentified
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1953 photo of a group outside on the grass. Mons Charles Towne, Pastor, Christ the King, Burlington Abbot Rudolph O.S.B, Founder, Weston Priory, Weston, Vermont. Photo #1.
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- Circus People
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Photo of two men of the circus standing near the company's trailers. The man of the left may be the Iceland Viking Giant as seen in mcalA09F08i02 and mcalA09F09i03 in his costume. The man on the right appears in his tattoo artist booth in photo mcalA09F08i03. May be 1940s-50s at the Champlain...
Show morePhoto of two men of the circus standing near the company's trailers. The man of the left may be the Iceland Viking Giant as seen in mcalA09F08i02 and mcalA09F09i03 in his costume. The man on the right appears in his tattoo artist booth in photo mcalA09F08i03. May be 1940s-50s at the Champlain Valley Fair, Essex Junction, Vermont.
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- Circus People
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Side view portrait photo of a man of the circus who may be afflicted with a form of Elephant man disease. May be 1940s-50s at the Champlain Valley Fair.
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- Circus People
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Photo of a man of the circus dressed in a regular suit of clothes standing next to a large trailer. He may be afflicted with a form of Elephant man disease. May be 1940s-50s at the Champlain Valley Fair.
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- Circus People
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Photo of a man of the circus who may be afflicted with a form of Elephant man disease. May be 1940s-50s at the Champlain Valley Fair.
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- Circus People
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Photo of two men of the circus. The one on the left may also be the Iceland Viking Giant seen here in regular street clothes. The man next to him dressed in a regular suit of clothes may be afflicted with a form of Elephant man disease. May be 1940s-50s at the Champlain Valley Fair.
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- Circus People
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Photo of two men of the circus standing near the company's trailers. The man of the left may be the Iceland Viking Giant as seen in mcalA09F08i02 and mcalA09F09i03 in his costume. May be 1940s-50s at the Champlain Valley Fair, Essex Junction, Vermont.
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- Civilian Conservation Corps
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1935/1936 photo of an athletic team of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Photo #5.
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- Civilian Conservation Corps
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1935/1936 photo of Civilian Conservation Corps baseball team. Photo #3.
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- Civilian Conservation Corps
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1935/1936 photo of Civilian Conservation Corps baseball team. Photo #4.
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- Congregational Church - Choirs
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Winter Undated photo of an adult choir of 15 women and 12 men on the altar of the First Congregational Church. Fran Howe, front row, left. Photo #26.
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- Congregational Church - Choirs
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Undated photo of an adult choir assembled in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church. Photo may have been taken on Palm Sunday (note palm branches on altar). Photo #5.
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- Congregational Church - Choirs
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Undated photo of an adult choir assembled in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church. Photo may have been taken on Palm Sunday (note palm branches on altar). Photo #6. Darker exposure similar to mcalB08F20i04.
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- Construction Sites
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December 4, 1953 photo of the interior of a building under construction. Two men stand center while workmen are seen in background.
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- Disabled American Veterans
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A group of older men and one older woman gather for a group portrait. She wears a corsage, several of the men wear their organization's caps. A pin on one man's shirt reads "D.A.V." (Disabled American Veterans) Photo no. 1. See also mcalA19F01i20
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- Farms
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1945 photo of the interior of a cow barn with three men, cows, milking machines and buckets. See also for what may be the same barn mcalB08F12i08 edit
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- Farms
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1947 photo of the interior of a dairy cow barn with several well dressed men walking among the cow stalls.
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- Farms
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1947 photo of several men (dairy inspectors??) in a cow barn.
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- Farms
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1945 photo of the interior of a dairy barn with cows in their stalls, milking equipment and two men.
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- First Congregational Church - Organizations
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Rev. George W. Lawrence (seated center right) meeting in the Stone Room with women's prayer circle. They enjoy refreshments. A portrait painting of Rev. Charles Stanley Jones hangs on the wall. Photo #19.