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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Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students seated in a classroom, prepared to write. Titles of three rosary prayers are written on the blackboard.
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Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College (honor?) students, possibly seniors. Photo #12.
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Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Trinity College students. Dated 1944.
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UVM - Class Reunions
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- Description: (Duplicate of mcalB19F21i08) Class of 1920 at their 30th (or 31st) reunion, assembled on the UVM Green with Williams Science Hall in the background (left).
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UVM - Fraternities - Sigma Nu
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- Description: Brothers of Sigma Nu fraternity at 57 So. Williams St., Burlington, Vt. A different photo appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, so the date listed above may be incorrect. Photo #2.
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UVM - Fraternities - Unidentified
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- Description: Brothers of an as yet unidentified fraternity. Dated 1953. Photo #13.
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UVM - Graduation Ceremony
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 University of Vermont graduation ceremony in front of Waterman building on campus.
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UVM - Groups
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- Date Created: 1949-1950
- Description: 1949 or 1950 photo of a small group of men and women sitting on graduation bleachers in front of Waterman. View behind them is the University of Vermont green and buildings on University Row including Williams Science Hall.
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UVM - Housing (Temporary)
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- Description: Dirt road leading to temporary housing units near main campus. In the distance is the roof line of Converse Hall, with other main campus buildings off to the right. Temporary housing very likely accommodated a surge in enrollment following WWII, especially veterans on the "GI Bill." Dated 1946 / 1947.
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UVM - Jazz Band
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- Description: Jazz band at the University of Vermont, usually known as "The Catamounts." Ensemble consists of piano, bass, and drums; trumpets, trombone, and saxophones; and a quartet of singers. Room may be in the current Philosophy Dept. building on So. Williams St., which used to house the Music department until the early 1970s. Dated 1947. Photo #2.
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