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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Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
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    • Date Created: 1944
    • Description: 1944 portrait photo of the Winooski High School boys baseball team with coaches.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
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      • Date Created: 1949
      • Description: 1949 outdoor portrait photo of the Winooski High School boys baseball team with coach and young boy.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
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        • Date Created: 1947
        • Description: 1947 outdoor portrait photo in stadium of the Winooski High School boys baseball team with coaches probably at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont. The word "Winooski" lettered on uniform shirts. Photo #1?
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Winooski High School - Misc.
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          • Date Created: 1953
          • Description: 1953 group of Winooski High School students.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Winooski High School - Basketball - Class 'B' Champs
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            • Date Created: 1949
            • Description: 1949 Winooski High School Boyls' Basketball team; Class B champions. Photo #4.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
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              • Date Created: 1951-1952
              • Description: 1951 / 1952 outdoor portrait photo of the Winooski High School boys baseball team with coaches.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
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                • Date Created: 1951-1952
                • Description: 1951 / 1952 outdoor portrait photo of the Winooski High School boys baseball team with coaches.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Lyman C. Hunt Junior High
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                  • Date Created: 1959
                  • Description: 1959 group portrait of students at the Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School, Burlington, Vt. Photo #2.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Kamp Kill Kare
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                    • Description: Group portrait of boy campers and staff at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    First Congregational Church - Organizations
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                      • Description: Sunday School class in the dining hall of the First Congregational Church. Several dressed in their children's choir robes. Photo 8.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs