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 - Cheerleaders
Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
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    • Description: Boys of the Cathedral High School cheerleading squad posing on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Photograph is dated 1944. Photo #18.
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    Miniature of Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
    Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
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      • Date Created: 1947
      • Description: 1947 Eight BHS cheerleaders with large megaphones pose in front of Edmunds, the high school building that housed Burlington High School. Photo #3.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
      Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
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        • Description: 1945-1952 Seven BHS cheerleaders pose in the gymnasium. Photo #2.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
        Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
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          • Description: Boys of the Cathedral High School cheerleading squad posing in the Cathedral High School gymnasium. Photograph is dated 1944. Photo #13.
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          Miniature of Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
          Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
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            • Description: Boys of the Cathedral High School cheerleading squad. Photograph is dated 1957. Photo #1.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
            Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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              • Date Created: 1961
              • Description: 1961 photo Cheering Squad of Mount St. Mary's assembled on the front steps. Top row left to right is Georgiana Girard, Rose Ryan, Mary Tessier, Kathleen Donohue, ?. Front row left to right Lynne Basiliere, Joann Le Blanc, Therese Tessier, (Captain [later Terrie Kneen), Marion Brown, Claudette Doucette, Sue Hergenrother. Photo #23.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
              Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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                • Description: Cheerleaders pose on the front steps of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school. Located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #30.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
                Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
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                  • Description: 1945-1952 Seven BHS cheerleaders kneel on the gymnasium floor and strike a pose in formation. Photo #4.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
                  Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
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                    • Description: 1945 Seven BHS cheerleaders strike a pose outside with the large megaphones. Photo #4.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Winooski High School - Cheerleaders
                    Winooski High School - Cheerleaders
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                      • Date Created: 1949
                      • Description: 1949 Winooski High School cheerleaders pose in formation in the gymnasium. They wear their school shirts with the letter "W" and megaphone. Photo #5.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs