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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Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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- Date Created: circa 1951
- Description: Ca. 1951 photo of the interior of a large warehouse and shop at Vt. Structural Steel.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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- Date Created: circa 1951
- Description: Ca. 1951 photo of a building interior, presumably at Vt. Structural Steel, constructed mostly of steel beams and corrugated metal, with a few air ducts woven into the rows of beams.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Construction Sites
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951. May be construction of the United States Collector Internal Revenue building at 80 St. Paul Street as the First Baptist Church at 81 St. Paul is seen directly in the back. Location is listed in the 1952 city directory. Also listed in the directory is the USA & USAP Recruiting Station at 82 St. Paul. Location is currently 76 Corporate Plaza on St. Paul. Numbers 80 and 82 no longer exist. Photo #46.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes High School - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1943-1944
- Description: 1943 -1944 Vergennes High School boys basketball team, with coaching and management staff, in the school gymnasium. (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.) Photo printed backwards. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes High School - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1943-1944
- Description: 1943 / 1944 Vergennes High School girls basketball team and coaches in the school gymnasium. Ball held by youngest member (front, center) is dated "43-44." (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.) Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 Monroe, NH school band poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #4?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 Littleton School Band from Littleton, NH poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #5.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
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- Date Created: 1949-1950
- Description: 1949 / 1950 outdoor portrait photo of the Winooski High School boys baseball team with coach and three younger boys.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Chorus
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of the Winooski High School girls' chorus with banner and choral director. The girls wear white tops with ribbon ties at collar. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Class Pictures
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: Photo of a class at Winooski High School, dated Oct., 1952. The school was located at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St., Winooski. It closed in 1960 after the completion of a new high school on Normand St.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs