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 School Sports - Football
School Sports - Football
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    • Date Created: 1952
    • Description: 1952 photo of high school football team with coaches in gymnasium. Photo 1.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
    Kamp Kill Kare
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      • Description: Boy campers demonstrate camping skills. They have their tent. One boy uses an ax to chop wood for a fire. One boy holds canned food. Another boy starts a camp fire. All activities at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
      Kamp Kill Kare
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        • Date Created: 1957-1958
        • Description: Honey bees are studied by a group of boys at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated 1957 / 1958.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
        Kamp Kill Kare
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          • Date Created: 1957-1958
          • Description: Group portrait of boy campers at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated 1957 / 1958. Photo #3.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Hi-Y Clubs
          Hi-Y Clubs
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            • Date Created: 1943-1944
            • Description: 1943-1944 photo of the Burlington Junior Hi-Y Club Inter-City basketball champions. Photo #1.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Hi-Y Clubs
            Hi-Y Clubs
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              • Date Created: 1945
              • Description: 1945 photo of a boys' basketball team of the Burlington Hi-Y Club with coach. Photo #5.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Little League Baseball
              Little League Baseball
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                • Date Created: circa 1940's
                • Description: Mid 1940s (or 1961?) group portrait of the Mud Alley Midgets little league boys baseball team. Letter MAM seen on their caps. Photo #1.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Lyman C. Hunt Junior High
                Lyman C. Hunt Junior High
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                  • Description: Undated group portrait of students at the Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School, Burlington, Vt. Photo #2.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of School Sports - Football
                  School Sports - Football
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                    • Date Created: 1952
                    • Description: 1952 photo of high school football team with coaches in gymnasium. Photo 2.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Shelburne High School
                    Shelburne High School
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                      • Date Created: undated
                      • Description: Undated photo of the Shelburne High School baseball team, with just barely enough players. Principal John E. McGee (perhaps also the team coach) stands in the back row. Photo #4?
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs