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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201 Portrait photography. 103 Burlington (Vt.). 100 High school athletes. 88 Basketball. 72 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 65 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 62 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 62 School sports. 61 Camping. 59 Camps. 56 Girls. 42 Baseball. 41 Winooski (Vt.). 39 High school students. 39 Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.). 27 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 26 Children. 24 Family. 19 House furnishings. 17 Gymnasiums. 15 Athletics. 15 Christmas greens. 15 Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.). 15 St. Albans (Vt.). 15 Toys. 15 Women. 14 Interior architecture. 14 Priests. 13 Men. 11 Champlain, Lake. 10 Cheerleading. 10 Football. 10 Students. 9 Swimming. 9 Vergennes (Vt.). 8 Bristol (Vt.). 8 Middle school students. 8 Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.). 8 Musicians. 8 Young men. 7 Animals. 7 Canoes and canoeing. 7 Church buildings. 7 First communion. 7 Young women. 6 Bands (Music). 6 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 6 School children. 6 St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.). 5 Boats and boating. 5 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Classrooms. 4 Choirs (Music). 4 Dwellings. 4 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Flag raising and lowering. 4 Furniture. 4 Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.). 4 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 4 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Richford (Vt.). 4 Richford High School (Richford, Vt.). 4 Vermont Industrial School. 3 Buildings. 3 Business. 3 Dolls. 3 Essex Junction (Vt.). 3 Handicraft. 3 Horses. 3 Landscape photography. 3 Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Pool (game). 3 Tennis. 3 Vermont 4-H Clubs. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Employees. 2 Infants. 2 Machinery. 2 Rifles. 2 Trucks. 2 Woodwork. 2 Worship programs. 1 Actors. 1 Auditoriums. 1 Boxing. 1 Boy Scouts. 1 Bridegrooms. 1 Brides. 1 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 1 Buses. 1 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 1 College students. 1 Construction projects. 1 Construction workers. 1 Convenience stores. 1 Costume. 1 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 High school buildings. 1 High school graduates. 1 High school teachers. 1 Musical groups. 1 Orchestra. 1 Piano. 1 Restaurants. 1 Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Rifle practice. 1 Santa Claus. 1 St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Statues. 1 Targets (Shooting). 1 Totem poles. 1 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Vermont Transit Company. 1 Volleyball. 1 Weddings.

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Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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    • Date Created: 1949
    • Description: 1949 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students eating lunch beneath an arbor or trellis. Photo #12.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
    Nazareth School - Graduates
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 photo of Nazareth School graduates in cap and gown assembled in front of the school. Engraved above the main entrance "Ecole Nazareth 1929." Clergy present are Rev. Joseph Pariseau (pastor, 1933-1956) and Rev. William F. LaLiberte (curate, 1943-1951). Photo #1.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
      Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: Customers celebrating the New Year in Sulham's Sweet Shop, 60 Main St., Winooski, Vt. Harold Sulham is behind the Coke machine; his wife Evelyn is one of the waitresses behind the bar. The smiling lady in front is Charlene Sullivan, and the three boys in the back are (l.-r.) Johnny Provost, Chuck Crowley, and Francis Mongeon (Source: Vincent Feeney's 2002 history of Winooski, p. 147). -- Note the pressed tin ceiling and the display of flags above the bar, very likely those of the Allied Forces in World War II.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camps: Unidentified
        Camps: Unidentified
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          • Description: A group portrait of young and slightly older boys in uniform and male adults in the out-of-doors perhaps at a boys' summer camp. Shirts have a large letter "K". Could this be Kamp Kill Kare? Date and location unknown but may be 1920s or 1930s. Photo #26.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
          Portraits, groups, unidentified
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            • Description: A large group of young people along with a few older adults gather at a rustic restaurant(?) a special event.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington High School - Basketball
            Burlington High School - Basketball
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              • Description: 1944 BHS boys Junior Varsity Basketball team. Photo #2.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Cathedral High School
              Cathedral High School
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                • Description: 1952 photo of male Cathedral High School students outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture. Photo #11.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Cathedral High School
                Cathedral High School
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                  • Description: April 1945 photo of male Cathedral High School students assembled for a class picture. Probably members of a school activity group and taken for the yearbook. Photo #24.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of School Sports - Baseball
                  School Sports - Baseball
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                    • Date Created: 1949
                    • Description: 1949 Richford High School baseball team, the Falcons? Photo 2.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of School Sports - Basketball
                    School Sports - Basketball
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                      • Date Created: 1945
                      • Description: 1945 - Unidentified members of a boys basketball team with coach. Two boys wear a horizontal stripe uniform top. A trophy stands on the floor in front.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs