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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Miniature of Vergennes High School - Basketball
Vergennes High School - Basketball
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    • Date Created: 1943-1944
    • Description: 1943 / 1944 Vergennes High School girls basketball team and coaches in the school gymnasium. Ball held by youngest member (front, center) is dated "43-44." (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.) Photo #3.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of UVM Groups
    UVM Groups
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      • Description: A large group of men and women in costume assemble in a gymnasium type room, possibly in Southwick Hall on Redstone campus. Crepe paper streamers festoon from the ceiling. A group of musicians are seen on a stage in the background.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Cathedral High School
      Cathedral High School
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        • Date Created: 1945-04
        • Description: April 1945 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled on bleachers in the school gymnasium for a class picture. Photo #6.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Cathedral High School
        Cathedral High School
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          • Date Created: 1957
          • Description: Fall-Summer 1957 photo of Cathedral High School students gathered in the school gymnasium for a group picture. Photo #7
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Cathedral High School
          Cathedral High School
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            • Description: 1958 photo of students assembled in the Cathedral High School gymnasium for a group picture. Photo #1.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Veterans of Foreign Wars - Ladies Auxiliary
            Veterans of Foreign Wars - Ladies Auxiliary
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              • Date Created: 1951
              • Description: 1951 photo of a large group of children, very likely attending a VFW sponsored event at a gymnasium in Burlington or Winooski. A few adults, one wearing a military uniform, and Santa Claus can be seen in the crowd.
              • 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 Saint Michael's College - Groups
                Saint Michael's College - Groups
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                  • Date Created: 1935-1936
                  • Description: 1935-1936 Saint Michael's College. Old Gym. Head table between two coats of arms. Coat of arms: left: those of Pope Pius XI, and to the right: those of Bishop Rice and the Diocese of Burlington. Left to right: Bishop Joseph Rice, Mr. McNamara, Mon. Patrick Brennan (of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, located at 84 Cherry Street, Burlington, Vt.) Photo #2.
                  • 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 High School students seated in the gymnasium with two faculty members for a group photo.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Burlington High School - Auditorium
                    Burlington High School - Auditorium
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                      • Description: View from the stage in the gymnasium / auditorium at the old Burlington High School (currently Edmunds Elementary School) located at Main and South Union Streets. Seen here with chairs set up. Date may be 1951 when it was newly constructed.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs