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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Miniature of Burlington High School Band
Burlington High School Band
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    • Description: Undated photograph of Cathedral High School drum majorettes. May be 1950s.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Trinity College - Sports & Activities
    Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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      • Date Created: 1957
      • Description: 1957 Trinity College students displaying ski equipment and trophies in the gymnasium as members of either a ski club or team, or as athletes in general at Trinity College. Photo #2.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Athletics, unidentified
      Athletics, unidentified
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        • Date Created: undated
        • Description: Portrait of unidentified baseball or soft ball team. Banner and reads "SBAA 1927." Lettering across uniform shirts also reads SBAA.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
        Kamp Kill Kare
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          • Description: A boy jumps over a high bar at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Bristol School -Baseball
          Bristol School -Baseball
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            • Date Created: 1945/1946
            • Description: 1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team taken in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Bristol School -Cheerleaders
            Bristol School -Cheerleaders
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              • Description: Bristol School cheerleaders pose in front of the old high school with magaphones. Bristol, Vermont. Undated but may be 1940s. Photo #21.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Camp Marycrest - Activities
              Camp Marycrest - Activities
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                • Description: A game of girls badminton near a main building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Athletics, unidentified
                Athletics, unidentified
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                  • Date Created: undated
                  • Description: A man named Lou, strikes a traditional pose of a boxer. Location Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont.
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                  Miniature of Athletics, unidentified
                  Athletics, unidentified
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                    • Date Created: undated
                    • Description: Photograph of an unidentified young women's tennis class or training session.
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                    Miniature of Athletics, unidentified
                    Athletics, unidentified
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                      • Date Created: undated
                      • Description: Undated photograph of Cathedral High School basketball team. Photo #24.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs