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: 1948-1949
- Description: 1948 / 1949. Group of young children with their mothers or caregivers, very likely participants in Trinity College's early childhood education program. Photo taken in front of the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Childrens Day? Photo #3.
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Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949. Group of Trinity College students, with faculty member (?). Unknown location. Photo #14.
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Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949. Trinity College students (or perhaps staff) gathered in an office. Photo #13.
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Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 photo of Trinity College faculty member and students gathered in the auditorium for a group photo. Location is very likely the Admin. Building (Mann Hall).
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Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students and perhaps a faculty member assembled in front of the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #2.
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Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students looking at their faculty or student leader. Photo #2.
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Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students with faculty member/Sister of Mercy, reading together from a book. Office probably in the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #25.
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Shelburne High School
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Undated photo of the Shelburne High School baseball team, with just barely enough players. Principal John E. McGee (perhaps also the team coach) stands in the back row. Photo #2.
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Shelburne High School
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 6 girls and 2 boys. John E. McGee, principal, science & math teacher, and coach from 1935-1960, stands in the back row. The school closed in 1964.
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Shelburne Museum - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951-1952
- Description: 1951 / 1952 view of open acres of land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Plumbs of earth are seen as the land is worked.
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