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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201 Portrait photography. 103 Burlington (Vt.). 100 High school athletes. 88 Basketball. 72 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 65 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 62 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 62 School sports. 61 Camping. 59 Camps. 56 Girls. 42 Baseball. 41 Winooski (Vt.). 39 High school students. 39 Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.). 27 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 26 Children. 24 Family. 19 House furnishings. 17 Gymnasiums. 15 Athletics. 15 Christmas greens. 15 Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.). 15 St. Albans (Vt.). 15 Toys. 15 Women. 14 Interior architecture. 14 Priests. 13 Men. 11 Champlain, Lake. 10 Cheerleading. 10 Football. 10 Students. 9 Swimming. 9 Vergennes (Vt.). 8 Bristol (Vt.). 8 Middle school students. 8 Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.). 8 Musicians. 8 Young men. 7 Animals. 7 Canoes and canoeing. 7 Church buildings. 7 First communion. 7 Young women. 6 Bands (Music). 6 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 6 School children. 6 St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.). 5 Boats and boating. 5 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Classrooms. 4 Choirs (Music). 4 Dwellings. 4 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Flag raising and lowering. 4 Furniture. 4 Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.). 4 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 4 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Richford (Vt.). 4 Richford High School (Richford, Vt.). 4 Vermont Industrial School. 3 Buildings. 3 Business. 3 Dolls. 3 Essex Junction (Vt.). 3 Handicraft. 3 Horses. 3 Landscape photography. 3 Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Pool (game). 3 Tennis. 3 Vermont 4-H Clubs. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Employees. 2 Infants. 2 Machinery. 2 Rifles. 2 Trucks. 2 Woodwork. 2 Worship programs. 1 Actors. 1 Auditoriums. 1 Boxing. 1 Boy Scouts. 1 Bridegrooms. 1 Brides. 1 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 1 Buses. 1 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 1 College students. 1 Construction projects. 1 Construction workers. 1 Convenience stores. 1 Costume. 1 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 High school buildings. 1 High school graduates. 1 High school teachers. 1 Musical groups. 1 Orchestra. 1 Piano. 1 Restaurants. 1 Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Rifle practice. 1 Santa Claus. 1 St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Statues. 1 Targets (Shooting). 1 Totem poles. 1 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Vermont Transit Company. 1 Volleyball. 1 Weddings.

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Miniature of Cathedral High School - Basketball
Cathedral High School - Basketball
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    • Date Created: 1956
    • Description: 1956 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team with coach. Photo #23.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Cathedral High School - Basketball
    Cathedral High School - Basketball
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 Cathedral High School boys' basketball team. Photo #35.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Christ the King School - First Communion
      Christ the King School - First Communion
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        • Description: Children with church clergy are assembled outside of Christ the King Church for a formal first communion group portrait. Photo #1 of 2 in this folder. Dated Fall 1951 to Spring 1952.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Graduation - Unidentified
        Graduation - Unidentified
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          • Date Created: 1935
          • Description: 1935 / 1936 photo of a small group of graduates gathered outside holding their diplomas. Two clergy sit in front. Girls wear white dresses ; boys are in suits and ties.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Graduation - Unidentified
          Graduation - Unidentified
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            • Description: Undated photo of graduates gathered outside holding their diplomas. Girls wear white dresses ; boys are in suit and tie.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Hi-Y Clubs
            Hi-Y Clubs
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              • Date Created: 1946
              • Description: 1946/1946 photo of boys of the Hi-Y Club playing a game of pool.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
              Kamp Kill Kare
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                • Description: Batter up! Boys hold baseball bats as if ready for a pitch at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Milton High School - Activities
                Milton High School - Activities
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                  • Date Created: 1946
                  • Description: 1946/1947 portrait photo of boys' basketball team at Milton High School with trophy and Coach Raphael J. Morris (also Ass't Principal and Social Studies teacher) Also identified is Donald Ira Chamberlin (front row, far left, graduate Class of 1949) Photo #2.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Milton High School - Activities
                  Milton High School - Activities
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                    • Date Created: 1946
                    • Description: 1946/1947 portrait photo of boys' basketball team at Milton High School with trophy. Photo #1.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Milton High School - Activities
                    Milton High School - Activities
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                      • Date Created: 1946
                      • Description: 1946/1947 portrait photo of boys' basketball team at Milton High School with some holding basketballs. Photo #2.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs