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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Burlington High School Band
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- Date Created: 1946/1947
- Description: 1946-1947 Group portrait of Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium. Photo #6.
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Burlington High School Band
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- Date Created: 1947/1948
- Description: 1947-1948 Group portrait of Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium. Photo #4.
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Burlington High School - Baseball
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 Three members of the Burlington High School baseball team stand outside of the Edmunds High School building. One wears the uniform, one wears pullover letter sweater, the last wears jacket with letter "B"
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Burlington High School - Baseball
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 Burlington High School baseball team with Coach Orrie Jay (back row far right) standing outside on the steps of the Edmunds High School building. The word "Burlington" lettered across uniform shirts. Photo #1.
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Burlington High School Band
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 Cathedral High School? Drum mjor back left has "C" on uniform Photo #37
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Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Description: Karl L. Buck? Burlington High School teacher?
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Burlington High School - Orchestra
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 photo of brass quintet seated playing their instruments. Location Burlington High School (Edmunds building) gymnasium / auditorium. Photo #1.
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Burlington High School - Rifle Club
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of the Burlington High School Rifle Club with Coach Edward A. Keenan. Photo #2. A version of this photo appears in the 1956 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 65.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 dramatic cast portrait of students from Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School) for the comedy "Once and for All" by Sidney Duball. They are seated and standing on stage that is set as a street scene. Banner hanging behind reads in part "Welcome Home Nick". In the 1956 BHS Oread p. 72-73 is a complete write-up. Photo #1. See also mcalA17F15i27
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Theatricals
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- Description: Cast portrait of students from Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School) for the comedy "Once and for All" by Sidney Duball. They are seated and standing on stage that is set as a street scene. Banner hanging behind reads in part "Welcome Home Nick". In the 1956 BHS Oread p. 72-73 is a complete write-up. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs