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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Cathedral High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1945 Cathedral High School boys' basketball team. Photo #34.
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Cathedral High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1945 Cathedral High School boys' basketball team. Photo #1.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1956 class photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #2.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1957 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled for a group picture. Photo #24.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1956 class photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #1.
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Cathedral High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1956 photo of Cathedral High School girls' basketball team. Photo #36.
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Champlain Marine Co Inc (Malletts Bay)
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- Description: 1958 Champlain Marine Co Inc (Malletts Bay) photo of sale on Evinrude outboard motor boats seen inside a tent. Flotation cushions and banners are suspended in the background. See also mcalB07F10i03 and mcalA01F11i18.
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Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Description: April 27, 1936 photo of the construction of either the ferry the City of Burlington or the City of Plattsburg in Vermont by the General Ship & Engine Works for Mr. Horace Corbin of the Champlain Transportation Company. Photo #1.
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Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Description: May 4, 1936. Construction site of a ferry being built in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #18.
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Cathedral High School - Football Teams
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- Description: Members of the Cathedral High School football team. The grandstand of South Park (later Calahan Field) can be seen in the background. The photograph is dated 1958. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs