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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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Five young girls wearing sleeveless white blouses and check pattern skirts pose with legs extended and an arm over their heads. They stand before a wall mirror probably in a dance studio or rehearsal hall. Students of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Six young buck-a-roos pose in their hoe-down dungarees with cuffs folded up, plaid shirts, straw hats and tap dance shoes. Alan Sousie, center back row. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, located in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1955-56. Photo taken at 138 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington. Photo 24
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Roland Bergeron and Anne Sousie strike a pose in their tap dance recital outfits. They stand slightly bent forward, both hands on extended knee. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Photo 34.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals
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- Description: Two young girls pose in their tap dance recital costumes. Location home studio 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont of Sousie School of Dance owned by Lorette Sousie. Circa 1957-61. Photo 22.
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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: A woman poses in her tap dance outfit in a dance studio. Photos of dancers line the wall above the wall mirrors. Location and date unknown. She appears also in mcalA10F0303.
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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: Two young girls in ballerina outfits pose on the dance stage. They wear a sash and a flower at the waist. Location and date unknown. Photo 13.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: Shamrocks adorn the dance recital outfits on two of the young women as a group of eight form a line across a stage. Location Mount St. Mary's on Mansfield Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo 1 Same as mcalA10F03i08
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Patricia Fisher, a young ballerina, balances on her toes as she faces a large wall mirror in which we see her image reflected. Student of Lorette Sousie of the Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Photo taken at 138 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington. Circa 1955-56. Photo 32
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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- Description: A group of campers participate in a dance session on the grounds of Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle; probably taken in the 1950s or 1960s. Camp operated by the Sisters of Mercy from 1957 to 1993. Photo #8.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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- Description: Five pairs of campers participate in a dance session on the grounds of Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle; probably taken in the 1950s or 1960s. Camp operated by the Sisters of Mercy from 1957 to 1993. Photo #7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs