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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Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of Cathedral High School male students outside for a class picture on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #9.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 photo of students and one priest standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immmaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 Cathedral High School girls' basketball team in the school gymnasium. Photo #32.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 Cathedral High School boys' Junior Varsity basketball team. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School - Football Teams
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- Description: A portrait of the Cathedral High School football team standing on the steps of the main entrance to the school. The photograph is dated 1951-1952.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
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- Description: Boys of the Cathedral High School cheerleading squad posing in the Cathedral High School gymnasium. Photograph is dated 1944. Photo #13.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School - Football Teams
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- Description: A portrait of the Cathedral High School football team The photograph is dated 1958.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Date Created: 1936-04-29
- Description: April 29, 1936. Construction workers. The General Ship & Engine Works crew during the construction of the ferry, City of Burlington in Vermont for Mr. Horace Corbin of the Champlain Transportation Company. Carl G. Hedblom stands to the right. Third from the right in the first row is Carl Roessler. Photo #8.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ticonderoga
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 photo of the steamboat Ticonderoga in Lake Champlain inside the breakwater off the waterfront in Burlington, Vermont. She carries a large number of passengers.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Christ the King Church
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 gathering of parishioners from Christ the King Church, location unknown. Rev. Charles A. Towne is seated at the center of the table. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs