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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Portraits - Children
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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: 1945 photo of a young boy in a choir robe, holding a book and standing in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vt.
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    Miniature of Portraits - Children
    Portraits - Children
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 Christmas portrait of a little boy holding a football with Christmas tree, toy and presents nearby. The name Jackie Simonson written on the child's blackboard behind him.
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      Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
      Camp Abnaki - Activities
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        • Description: July 1944. A volleyball game at Camp Abnaki. Photo #23.
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        Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
        Camp Abnaki - Activities
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          • Description: A flag raising ceremony at Camp Abnaki. The photograph is dated 1951.
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          Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
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            • Description: A cannon is fired during a flag raising ceremony at Camp Abnaki. The photograph is dated 1951.
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            Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
            Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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              • Description: 1943 photo of young campers swimming, diving, canoeing in Lake Champlain while camping at Camp Abnaki. Photo #15.
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              Miniature of School Sports - Basketball
              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 #8.
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                Miniature of School Sports - Football
                School Sports - Football
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                  • Date Created: 1949
                  • Description: 1949 photo of three football players on stadium field.
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                  Miniature of 4-H Club
                  4-H Club
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 Winter Boy members of Minute Men of the 4-H Club with a man and a women (leaders?) Essex Junction, Vermont Newspaper collection drive
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                    Little League Baseball
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                      • Date Created: circa 1940s
                      • Description: 1940s group portrait of the Mud Alley Midgets little league boys baseball team. Letters MAM seen on their caps. Photo #3.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs