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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School Sports - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 - Members of an unidentified boys basketball team with coaches. Photo #2.
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School Sports - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1951-1952
- Description: 1951/1952 - Members of an unidentified boys high school basketball team with coach. One member wears a knitted pullover sweater with images of skiers. Photo #7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 group photo of Mount St. Mary's girls basketball team. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1944 BHS boys basketball team with coach.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1944 BHS boys basketball team. Photo #6.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1945 Cathedral High School boys' basketball team. Photo #32.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Basketball (boys)
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- Date Created: 1949-1950
- Description: 1949 / 1950 Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Basketball (boys)
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Basketball players
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- Description: Two unidentified Winooski High School basketball players stand in the gymnasium each with a basketball. Dated 1945.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes High School - Basketball
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- Description: Three members of the Vergennes High School Girls Basketball team.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs