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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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Judith (Judy) Meachum is reflected in a wall mirror. She wears a tutu, garland headband and tap shoes. She is a student of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1957-61. Photo 11.
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Camp Marycrest - Activities
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 Dancing lessons outside on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #6.
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Camp Marycrest - Activities
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- Description: 1961(?) photo of a group of young ladies striking a pose on an outdoor platform. Many have an arm or leg extended and wear ballet slippers. Photo #8. See also mcalA10F03i24 Camp Marycrest or MacArthur??
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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: Two young ladies pose on a wooden dance floor. They wear fish net stockings with their tap dance outfit and fish net arm coverings. Probably in a dance studio. Date and location unknown. Photo 8.
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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: The same young lady seen in mcalA10F01i08 strikes a pose here in her tap dance outfit with both arms and her left leg extended. Date and location unknown. Photo 7.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Donna Sousie, a young tap dancer stands before a large wall mirror in a dance studio setting dressed in her dance recital costume. A fur trimmed hat upon her head. Student and daughter of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington, Vermont. Photo taken at 138 No. Winooski Ave. Circa 1955-56. Photo 38.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Four young girls and three boys stand on stage in their tap dance recital outfits. The boys wear top hats and tails. Location Lyman C Hunt Middle School on North Ave in Burlington, Vermont taken in circa 1957-61. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Far right is Judy Meachum. Photo 17.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Five young girls stand in line on stage in their tap dance outfits. Location Lyman C Hunt Middle School, Burlington, Vermont circa 1957-61. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located at 115 North Ave in Burlington. Photo 15.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Seven young girls line up on stage in their tap dance outfits. Some wear large country type straw hats, others wear "panama" style hats. All wear shorts. Date circa 1956, Old Essex High School, Essex, Vermont. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Photo 17.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Five young girls pose as they are lined up on stage in their tap dance recital costumes. Location Lyman C Hunt School on North Ave in Burlington, Vermont in the circa 1957-61. Students of Lorette Sousie School of Dance owned by Lorette Sousie of Burlington. Photo 28.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs