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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Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
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    • Description: Girls of the Cathedral High School cheerleading squad posing in the Cathedral High School gymnasium. Photograph is dated 1956. Photo #33.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Vergennes High School - Basketball
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 photo of 3 members of the Vergennes High School girls basketball team in the gymnasium. (This is in the older high school, which was built in 1871 and demolished in 1964. The present union high school opened in 1959.)
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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        • Date Created: 1954
        • Description: 1954 photo of Mt St Mary's basketball team posing for a group portrait in the gymnasium. Photo #14.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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          • Date Created: 1956-1957
          • Description: 1956 or 1957 photo of Mt St Mary's basketball team posing for a group portrait inside on stage. Photo #27.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Mount St. Mary's Academy - Cheerleaders
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            • Date Created: 1956-1957
            • Description: 1956 or 1957 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy cheerleaders in uniform outside on the steps of the school with large megaphone with initials MSM. Photo #30
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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              • Date Created: 1957
              • Description: 1957 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in robes assembled in the choir loft with church or chapel pipe organ seen behind them.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Piano - Recitals
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                • Date Created: 1952
                • Description: 1952 photo of a young pianist at the keyboard, dressed in a formal gown at the time of her piano recital.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Piano - Recitals
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                  • Date Created: 1952
                  • Description: 1952 photo of a young pianist at the keyboard, dressed in a white gown and seated in a formal (and rather dark) setting with flowers and other plants.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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                    • Date Created: 1957
                    • Description: 1957 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #19.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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                      • Date Created: 1956
                      • Description: 1956 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the school steps. Photo #3.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs