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.
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Burlington High School - Football
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- Description: 1935-1936 Burlington High School football team outside on the steps of Edmunds High School building. Milton L. Hard, front row far left. Photo #1.
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Burlington High School - Football
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- Description: 1949 Burlington High School football game.
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Burlington High School - Groups (unidentified)
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- Description: 1955/1956 Group portrait of the Senior High Student Council of Burlington High School on the school auditorium stage. A version of this photo appears on p. 104 of the 1956 BHS yearbook, Oread.
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Burlington High School - Groups (unidentified)
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- Description: 1955 Group portrait of Burlington High School students gathered around a table with a faculty member. May have been taken for a yearbook. Miss Urie, of the English Dept. may be seated second from left. Photo #1.
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Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Description: 1955 photo of Mr. Ben B. Lane of The Lane Press in Burlington, with his daughter, Vickie Lane, a Burlington High School student. They stand in front of some of the printing press machinery.
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Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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- Description: May be construction of the United States Collector Internal Revenue building at 80 St. Paul Street as the First Baptist Church at 81 St. Paul is seen directly in the back. Location is listed in the 1952 city directory. Also listed in the directory is the USA & USAP Recruiting Station at 82 St. Paul. Location is currently 76 Corporate Plaza on St. Paul. Numbers 80 and 82 no longer exist. See also mcalB21F08i04
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Burlington High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1945 BHS Girls Basketball team. Photo #2.
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Burlington High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1944 BHS girls basketball team. Photo #1.
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Burlington High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1944 Burlington High School JV boys basketball team. Photo #1.
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Burlington High School Band
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- Description: 1945-1946 Portrait of the Burlington High School Band on the steps of Burlington Memorial Auditorium. Photo #3.
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