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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Christ the King School - Confirmation
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- Description: Young men and women from the Christ the King Parish posing with Rev. Charles A Towne in a photograph commemorating their receiving the Catholic sacrament of confirmation. Photograph is dated 1949. Photo #3.
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Christ the King School
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- Description: Photograph of a photograph of the Christ the King School marching band. Rev. Benjamin Wysolmerski stands to the right. Undated.
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Construction Sites
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of a lot of pipes piled up in the center of a what may be a section of the boiler room (furnaces seen in the background). This may be below deck aboard the Ticonderoga steamboat ferry.
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Construction Sites
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- Description: Photo taken 1951-1953 of the construction of a building. Location unknown but may be downtown Burlington, Vermont. A large crane is seen and several cars are parked nearby.
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Construction Sites
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- Description: Another view of the small construction site with trench extending into the background. Grassy field and hills also seen.
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Essex Junction Boys Band
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: Winter, 1945 photo of the Essex Junction Boys Band. Instruments include clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, and bass and snare drums. Band director could be the gentleman on the left. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Class Pictures
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #18.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 Milton High School graduates. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 Mount St. Mary's Academy graduates. Photo #4?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: 1948 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside beside the school main entrance. Photo #24.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs