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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Bowling Leagues
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- Description: 1940s or 1951? Celebratory dinner with women bowlers assembled around dining tables for a group portrait. Bowling trophies are seen on the central table. Small water glasses filled with pansies decorate the tables. Photo #6.
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Boxers: Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1935/1936
- Description: 1935/1936 Three male boxers pose in a fighting stance for a group photo.
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Bowling Leagues
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- Description: Winter 1940s About two dozen women and one man seated at dining tables with bowling pin recognition awards or trophies also on the tables.
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Burlington Airport
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- Date Created: 1935/1936
- Description: 1935/1936 photo of the construction of a garage or other building at the Burlington Airport, Vermont with an automobile parked inside.
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Burlington Airport
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 Fall-Spring photo of a garage at the Burlington Airport.
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Burlington: "Cooties" Club
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 Back of photo: "Bugs Contacts Grange Hall" Male members of the M. O. C. (Military Order of the Cootie) gather for a group photo. Decorative cooties adorn hats, vests, and ties. Photo #1.
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Burlington High School Band
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- Description: 1955-1961 Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) Location is the Edmunds High School building Photo #4.
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Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Date Created: 1955
- Description: 1955 photo of Judy Hauck and her father, Mr. George K. Hauck of the George K. Hauck Agency. Photo appears in the 1955 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 109.
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Burlington High School - Chorus
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- Description: Undated photo of large group of men and women in the Edmunds High School building auditorium. "BHS" seen above the stage. Burlington High School occupied the Edmunds building until 1964 when the new North Avenue BHS buildings were built. Photo #2.
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Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Date Created: 1955/1956
- Description: 1955-1956 BHS Student Council with Miss Mildred E. Atkins, advisor
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