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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Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
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- Description: 1946 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #27.
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Buildings - Unidentified
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- Description: 1935/1936 interior photo of a building with walls and flooring laid with large blocks of material (concrete, cement??) Overhead are seen metal pipes.
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Burlington Airport
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- Description: 1945 Photo of an aerial photo of the Burlington Airport. See also mcalB02F19i13
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
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- Description: 1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Theatricals
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- Description: 1954 stage setting for BHS student musical operetta production by Gilbert and Sullivan, "The Gondoliers" performed at the Edmunds High School building.
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Burlington High School - Theatricals
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- Description: 1952 Burlington High School stage production of "Don't Keep Him Waiting" performed at Taft School auditorium. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School Track Team
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- Description: 1944 BHS track team outside on the steps of BHS (Edmunds building).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School Band
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- Description: 1944 Burlington High School band assembled outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium in Burlington. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Football
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- Description: 1935-1936 BHS football team outside on the steps of Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School). Milton L. Hard, front row far left.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Football
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- Description: 1949 Burlington High School football game.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs