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 Burlington High School - Rifle Club
Burlington High School - Rifle Club
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    • Date Created: 1956
    • Description: 1956 photo of the Burlington High School Rifle Club with Coach Edward A. Keenan. Photo #2. A version of this photo appears in the 1956 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 65.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
    Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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      • Description: An interior view of a living room area perhaps in a camp, cottage or hunting lodge. Overstuffed chairs and other comfortable furniture furnish the room. Many animal heads (some foxes?) are hung on the walls. Rifles are mounted overhead.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Burlington High School - Rifle Club
      Burlington High School - Rifle Club
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        • Description: Undated photo of the Burlington High School Rifle Club with coach. Photo #7.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Rice Memorial High School - Groups
        Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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          • Date Created: 1959
          • Description: Members of the Rice Memorial High School Rifle Club. Dated 1959. Photo #20.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
          Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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            • Description: Portrait of military men with rifles in front of tents. Photo signed by McAllister.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Athletics, unidentified
            Athletics, unidentified
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              • Date Created: undated
              • Description: Portrait of an unidentified young women's rifle team. Women in the front row wear bloomers. Probably 1920s.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
              Camp Abnaki - Activities
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                • Date Created: 1944-07
                • Description: July 1944. Targeting shoots with rifles at Camp Abnaki. Photo #19.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington High School - Rifle Club
                Burlington High School - Rifle Club
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                  • Description: 1956 photo of the Burlington High School Rifle Club with Coach Edward A. Keenan. Photo #3. A version of this photo appears in the 1956 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 65.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Webb Estate - Trophy Room (Shelburne, VT) later in Shelburne Museum
                  Webb Estate - Trophy Room (Shelburne, VT) later in Shelburne Museum
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                    • Description: Standing stuffed bear with a rifle leaning against him in the Webb estate trophy room in Shelburne, Vermont.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Cathedral High School - Rifle Club
                    Cathedral High School - Rifle Club
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                      • Description: A photograph of the Cathedral High School Rifle Club that is dated 1957.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs