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 Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
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    • Description: July 1944. Group photo of campers gathered around the totem pole in front of one of the main buildings at Camp Abnaki. Photo #37.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Activities
    Camp Abnaki - Activities
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      • Description: A group of campers and their counselor holding a skunk seen alongside a row of cabins at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated 1951. Photo #26.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Cathedral High School
      Cathedral High School
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        • Description: 1946 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture. Photo #5.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Cathedral High School - Basketball
        Cathedral High School - Basketball
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          • Description: 1956 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team. Photo #34.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
          Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
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            • Description: Boys of the Cathedral High School cheerleading squad posing in the Cathedral High School gymnasium. Photograph is dated 1946. Photo #5.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Saint Stephen's
            Saint Stephen's
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              • Date Created: 1947-1948
              • Description: Ca. 1947 photo of the St. Stephen's parish basketball team and coaching staff. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of School Sports - Basketball
              School Sports - Basketball
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                • Date Created: 1945
                • Description: 1945 - Members of an unidentified boys basketball team with coaches. Photo #1.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Vergennes High School - Basketball
                Vergennes High School - Basketball
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                  • Date Created: 1944/1945
                  • Description: 1944 -1945 Vergennes High School boys basketball team, with coach and manager, in the school gymnasium. (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.)
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Winooski High School - Basketball - Class 'B' Champs
                  Winooski High School - Basketball - Class 'B' Champs
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                    • Date Created: 1949
                    • Description: 1949 Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team; Class B champions. Photo #2.
                    • 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 #3.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs