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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Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #26.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #28.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Buildings - Mechanical Equipment
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- Description: Photo of what may be a roof top during construction or repair? Undated. Summer, Fall, Winter
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Free Press Office
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 window display at the Burlington Free Press Office on College Street in Burlington, Vermont. Poster reads "50 years of setting type by machinery on the Linotype at the Free Press."
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of the gymnasium / auditorium at the old Burlington High School (currently Edmunds Elementary / Middle School) on South Union Street, Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington: "Cooties" Club
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 members of the Burlington Vermont Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States No. 113 dinner. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School Band
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- Date Created: 1945/1946
- Description: 1945-1946 Portrait of the Burlington High School Band on the steps of Burlington Memorial Auditorium. Photo #1?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School Band
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- Date Created: 1949/1950
- Description: 1949-1950 Group portrait of the Burlington High School band assembled outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium. Photo #1?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Baseball
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 Burlington High School baseball team with Coach Orrie Jay outside on the steps of the Edmunds High School building. The single letter "B" lettered on uniform shirts. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School Track Team
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith. One member holds a trophy.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs