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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Miniature of Cathedral High School
Cathedral High School
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    • Description: April 1945 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled on bleachers in the school gymnasium for a class picture. Photo #11.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Cathedral High School
    Cathedral High School
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      • Description: April 1945 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled on bleachers in the school gymnasium for a class picture. Photo #1.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Rice Memorial High School - Groups
      Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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        • Date Created: 1959
        • Description: Large co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym for a group photo.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Saint Stephen's
        Saint Stephen's
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          • Date Created: 1947-1948
          • Description: Ca. 1947 photo of St. Stephen's parish (Winooski, Vt.) basketball team. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Cathedral High School
          Cathedral High School
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            • Date Created: 1956
            • Description: 1956 group photo of female Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #12
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
            Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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              • Date Created: 1951/1952
              • Description: 1951 / 1952 Four images of the Burlington High School (Edmunds building) gymnasium / auditorium on South Union Street, Burlington. Two exterior and 2 interior photos.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
              Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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                • Date Created: 1951/1952
                • Description: 1951 / 1952 Exterior view of the newly constructed Burlington High School Auditorium / Gymnasium on South Union Street in Burlington, Vermont. Attached to the Edmunds building currently the Edmunds Elementary School.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
                Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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                  • Date Created: 1951/1952
                  • Description: 1951 / 1952 Interior view of the construction of the Burlington High School Auditorium / Gymnasium on South Union Street in Burlington, Vermont. Attached to the Edmunds building currently the Edmunds Elementary School. View looking toward the stage.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Cathedral High School
                  Cathedral High School
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                    • Date Created: 1945-04
                    • Description: April 1945 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled on bleachers in the school gymnasium for a class picture.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
                    Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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                      • Date Created: 1955
                      • Description: 1955 photo of members of the Mt St Mary's basketball team posing in the gymnasium with the nun coach.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs