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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104 Burlington (Vt.). 86 Musical groups. 77 Bands (Music). 56 High school students. 48 Portrait photography. 37 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 25 College students. 25 Drum majorettes. 23 University of Vermont. 21 College teachers. 19 Girls. 14 Church buildings. 14 Orchestra. 14 Piano. 12 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 10 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 10 Gymnasiums. 9 Auditoriums. 9 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 8 Boys. 8 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 7 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Men. 5 Students. 5 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Buildings. 4 Children. 4 High school teachers. 4 Restaurants. 4 Street photography. 4 Young women. 3 Banners. 3 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Choruses. 3 Radio stations. 2 Actors. 2 Battery Park (Vt.). 2 Cake. 2 Camping. 2 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Middle school students. 2 Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.). 2 Minstrel shows. 2 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 2 Theaters. 2 Urban parks. 2 Veterans. 2 Women veterans. 2 Women. 2 Young men. 1 Barns. 1 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 1 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 1 Camps. 1 Chapels. 1 Choirs (Music). 1 Classrooms. 1 Dance. 1 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Fletcher Free Library. 1 High school buildings. 1 High school students -- Dramatic production. 1 Interior architecture. 1 Monuments. 1 Nuns. 1 Priests. 1 Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Soldiers. 1 St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Statues. 1 Tap dancers. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 1 Weddings. 1 Worship programs.

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Miniature of UVM - ROTC Band
UVM - ROTC Band
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    • Description: UVM ROTC Band (also known as the "Co-ed Band"), perhaps on the stage of the Southwick Ballroom at UVM. Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. If this photo dates from 1944, this is probably the first year of the co-ed band. The following years would see many more women than men participating. Photo #2.
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    Miniature of UVM - ROTC Band
    UVM - ROTC Band
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      • Description: The UVM ROTC Band (aka "Co-ed Band") in formation in front of the Waterman Building. Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. A similar photo is published in the 1946 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p.111. The Ariel explains that this was the 2nd year the band was "supplemented by girl members," presumably because male musicians were involved in the war effort. All but 5 members of this band are women. Photo #1.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of McLure's Student Band, Groton, VT
      McLure's Student Band, Groton, VT
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        • Date Created: 1950
        • Description: 1950 photo of McLure's Student Band, Groton, Vermont standing on the steps of the Burlington City Hall in Burlington. Photo #4.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Rice Memorial High School - Groups
        Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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          • Date Created: 1959
          • Description: Rice Memorial High School concert and marching band, with bandmaster Joseph F. Lechnyr (1895-1959) in white uniform. Music supervisor at Cathedral High School since 1921, and conductor of many music ensembles in the Champlain Valley, Lechnyr lived only a few weeks after Rice opened, dying of a heart attack on March 21, 1959.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Cathedral High School - Orchestra
          Cathedral High School - Orchestra
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            • Description: 1957 photo of the Cathedral High School orchestra, with conductor Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) in the back row, left. A good balance of strings, woodwinds, and brass present, including a piano and sousaphone. Location is perhaps a ballroom with a stage. Ceiling appears decorated, and background is a forest scene. Photo #2.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Cathedral High School - Band
            Cathedral High School - Band
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              • Description: 1945 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band. Drum major and band director, Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), dressed in white, flank the close assembly of band musicians, drum majorette, and baton twirlers. Venue appears to be school ballroom or gymnasium with stage. A 48-star American flag and village scenery comprise the background. Photo no. missing.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Piano - Recitals
              Piano - Recitals
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                • Date Created: 1952
                • Description: 1952 photo of twin sisters (see mcalB13F30i04) playing a duet at the piano.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
                Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
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                  • Date Created: 1952
                  • Description: 1952 McLure's Student Band from McIndoes, Vermont school poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #2.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Trinity College - Sports & Activities
                  Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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                    • Date Created: 1956
                    • Description: 1956 Trinity College students and faculty member (Dorothy Hunt?) at the Steinway piano.
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                    Miniature of Theatricals
                    Theatricals
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                      • Date Created: 1948-1949
                      • Description: 1948 / 1949 photo of performers, some in blackface assembled on a stage with a large shield shaped sign reading "P of H" Photo #2.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs