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.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1944 photo of Cathedral High School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt for a class picture. Photo #3.
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Military Officers
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- Date Created: 1935-1936
- Description: 1935 or 1936 group portrait of seven military officers. Photo #2.
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Military Officers
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 portrait photo of a military officer.
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Milton Elementary School
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Milton Elementary School class portrait.
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Milton Elementary School
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 Milton Elementary School class portrait assembled outside on benches in a grassy field. Photo #11.
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Milton High School - Activities
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 Milton High School band assembled inside the school building with their leader could this be Sterling Weed of St. Albans?) including student Martha Helen Horican (middle row, 3rd from right) and Agnes Anne Rlowley (middle row, 4th from right) Photo #7.
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Milton High School - Class Pictures
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #28.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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