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 Military Groups
Military Groups
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    • Date Created: 1947
    • Description: 1947 men's basketball team with two military uniformed officers (coaches?). Tee shirts of the team members read "Headquarters." Photo #3.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Athletics, unidentified
    Athletics, unidentified
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      • Date Created: undated
      • Description: Cathedral High School Coach Arthur Merola. The player between number 12 and 8 is Michael Pearo (later became a teacher at Rice High School). Also seen is player Bob Desautels. Probably 1956 Left to right: Mr. Merola, ?Paul Demers, Ed Couture, Bob Desautels, ?Roger Vachereau, ?Walter Campbell, Gary Farrell, ?Ron Ragis, Mike Pearo, and Patrick McKenzie. managers: David Lemna and Denny Daley. Photo no. 25.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Athletics, unidentified
      Athletics, unidentified
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        • Date Created: undated
        • Description: 8th grade Cathedral CYO team taken sometime during the 1956-1957 basketball season. bottom row (L to R): John Mahoney, Michel Thibault, Dayton Contois, John Henry, Michael Rivers, Louis Izzo, Clayton Fuller. top row (L to R): unidentified coach, Harold Wimette, Paul King, Robert Carver, Michael Fargione, unidentified #17, Edward Mahoney, Craig Echo, unidentified # 6, unidentified. Photo #1.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Athletics, unidentified
        Athletics, unidentified
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          • Date Created: undated
          • Description: Photograph of unidentified young women's basketball team. Photo #21.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Cathedral High School - Basketball
          Cathedral High School - Basketball
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            • Description: 1946 Cathedral High School girls' basketball team. Photo #3.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Hi-Y Clubs
            Hi-Y Clubs
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              • Description: Burlington Junior Hi-Y Club boys' basketball team 1944-1945 with coaches. Photo #4.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
              Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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                • Date Created: 1957
                • Description: 1957 group portrait of Mt St Mary's basketball team inside the gymnasium. Photo #13
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Bristol School -Basketball
                Bristol School -Basketball
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                  • Date Created: 1945/1946
                  • Description: 1945-1946 Bristol girls' 8th grade basketball team in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #6.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Burlington High School - Basketball
                  Burlington High School - Basketball
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 BHS Girls Basketball team. Photo #4.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Cathedral High School - Basketball
                    Cathedral High School - Basketball
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                      • Date Created: 1957
                      • Description: 1957 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team with coach in the school gymnasium. Photo #44.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs