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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Saint Joseph's School - Class Dinners
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: 1948 photo of a parish dinner in honor of a graduating class from St. Joseph's school (Ecole Nazareth). Among those seated at the head table are the Rt. Rev. Joseph E. Pariseau, pastor, and (2nd from right) a member of the Daughters of the Holy Ghost, a Catholic order of religious women active as educators at Ecole Nazareth since 1943.
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School Groups - Unidentified
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- Date Created: circa 1951
- Description: Ca. 1951 photo of a large group of school children and their teachers, taken near a wooded area. Identity of group, location, and occasion unknown.
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School Groups - Unidentified
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- Date Created: circa 1951
- Description: Ca. 1951 photo of a large group of school children and their teachers, taken near a wooded area. Identity of group, location, and occasion unknown.
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School Sports - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 - Members of an unidentified girls high school basketball team. Two members wear a heart shaped name tag on their jackets. One says "Jean" and the other "Arlene". Two other members have the single letter "S" on their jackets. Photo #10.
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School Sports - Football
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of high school football team with coaches in gymnasium. Photo 2.
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Shelburne High School
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Undated photo of the Shelburne High School baseball team, with just barely enough players. Principal John E. McGee (perhaps also the team coach) stands in the back row. Photo #4?
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 photo of group of young people and a few adults gathered at a rustic interior restaurant. Photo #1.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Undated group portrait photo of seven women formally dressed with corsages standing in front of a landscape mural. Photo 3.
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Portraits - Individuals
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 portrait photo of a nicely dressed woman standing outside the steps of UVM Waterman building.
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Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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- Date Created: circa 1945
- Description: Ca. 1945 photo of 6 boys and a girl, standing at some tables. Identity of the children, venue, and occasion unknown.
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