Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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). 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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Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 group portrait of Mt St Mary's basketball team outside on the steps of the school assembled in M formation. Photo #11.
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Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 Trinity College tennis and basketball players, assembled in the gym.
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Burlington High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1945 photo of one of the members of the BHS Girls Basketball team.
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Burlington High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1944 BHS boys Junior Varsity Basketball team. Photo #2.
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School Sports - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 - Unidentified members of a boys basketball team with coach. Two boys wear a horizontal stripe uniform top. A trophy stands on the floor in front.
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Hi-Y Clubs
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- Date Created: 1943-1944
- Description: 1943-1944 photo of the Burlington Junior Hi-Y Club Inter-City basketball champions. Photo #1.
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Hi-Y Clubs
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of a boys' basketball team of the Burlington Hi-Y Club with coach. Photo #5.
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School Sports - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 - Members of an unidentified girls high school basketball team. Two members wear a heart shaped name tag on their jackets. One says "Jean" and the other "Arlene". Two other members have the single letter "S" on their jackets. Photo #10.
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Athletics, unidentified
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Cathedral High School JV basketball team. To the left of Coach Merola stands Pat McKenzie. In the first row touching the ball is Bob Desautels. Kneeling next to Bob is Gary Desautels. The boys in the middle row are Pat Rideout,left and Dennis Daley, right. Photo no. 24.
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Cathedral High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1946 Cathedral High School boys' basketball team pose for a group picture in the school gymnasium.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs