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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Camp Abnaki - Waterfront
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- Description: 1951 photo of campers at Camp Abnaki in sail boats that are tied to the dock in Lake Champlain. Photo #9.
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Camp Abnaki [5X7's]
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- Description: July 1944 Two photos (#s 3 and 5) Two women, perhaps staff at Camp Abnaki.
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Camp Marycrest - Campers Group Pictures
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- Description: Summer 1948 photo of Marycrest campers in uniform and in lined up in formation. Photo #34.
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Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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- Description: Summer 1948 photo of Marycrest campers grouped around what may be a newly constructed area for a shrine. One girl holds a religious statue. Another girl holds a shovel. Photo #19.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
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Cathedral High School - Band
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- Description: 1947 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), assembled in front of the south entrance to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt. Photo no. 12.
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Cathedral High School - Band
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- Description: Ca. 1946 photo (not identical to group in mcalB06F23i05) of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), assembled in front of the south entrance to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt.
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Cathedral High School - Band
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- Description: 1944 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), assembled in front of the Pearl St. entrance of the high school. Photo #16.
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Cathedral High School - Band
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- Description: 1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind the photographer. Photo No. 5.
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Cathedral High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1957 photo with five members of the Cathedral High School boys' basketball team with coach. Photo #46.
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