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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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Donna Sousie and her brother Alan (children of dance studio owner Lorette Sousie) are reflected in a wall mirror as they pose in their tap dance recital costumes. Location 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Home studio of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance. Circa 1957-61. Photo 4.
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Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 photo. Several young women dancers strike a pose holding arched flowered garlands above their heads. They wear ankle length gowns and gloves. They stand on a stepped dais with a curtain backdrop. Location is the stage at Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington, Vermont. Photo 29
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Four young girls pose in their dance recital outfits. They are from left to right Susan Ploof, Mary Jane Meunier, Karen Sousie, Gail Critchlow. Students of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 4.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Three young girls strike a pose in their tap dance outfits. Students of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 12.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Karen Sousie, a young tap dancer poses in her dance recital outfit with hands on hips and leg extended. Student and daughter of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 17.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Eight young girls line up in front a wall mirror wearing their tap dance recital outfits. The girls range in various height and age. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955.56. Students of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance. Photo 22.
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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: Ten young ladies stand in their tap dance outfits in a chorus line formation. Date and location unknown. Photo 6.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Several girls and one young boy (kneeling in front) strike a pose on stage dressed in dance recital costumes and tap shoes. Some of the girls are dressed reminiscent of babies with broad rimmed hats, other girls wear top hats and carry canes. Location Old Essex High School. Date 1956. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Photo 4.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Three women strike a pose on the dance stage wearing long pants and satin short sleeved tops tied at the waist. Left to right Lorette Sousie (dance instructor and owner of the Sousie School of Dance, Burlington, Vermont), Sandra Dutra, Carol Lavalley. Location Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, Vermont taken in the 1950s. Photo 1.
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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: A woman poses in her ballerina outfit in a dance studio. Photos of dancers line the wall above the wall mirrors. Location and date unknown.
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