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 Vergennes High School - Basketball
Vergennes High School - Basketball
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    • Date Created: 1943/1944
    • Description: 1943 / 1944 Vergennes High School girls basketball team and coaches in the school gymnasium. Ball held by youngest member (front, center) is dated "43-44." (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.) Photo #2.
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    Miniature of Cathedral High School
    Cathedral High School
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      • Description: 1956 class photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #5.
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      Miniature of Cathedral High School
      Cathedral High School
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        • Description: 1956 group photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #3.
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        Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
        Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: 1945 photo of a dinner being held at Christmas, with several attendees wearing navy uniforms. There are two American flags placed onstage on either side of the Christmas tree. The location looks like the Southwick Ballroom on the Redstone Campus, Univ. of Vt. Occasion unknown.
          • 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
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            Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
            Portraits, groups, unidentified
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              • Description: Santa Claus and several other men and women display footballs and other toys as they stand behind two long tables. Location may be the Memorial Auditorium in the 1920s or 1930s during a Christmas party probably sponsored by a local organization.
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              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.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Camp MacArthur (Waitsfield, VT)
                Camp MacArthur (Waitsfield, VT)
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                  • Date Created: 1944
                  • Description: 1944 Boxing in an all wood paneled gymnasium. A basketball hoop seen in the background.
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                  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.
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                    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. Photo #16.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs