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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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: A multi generation family photo. Date and location unknown but may be taken in early 20th century.
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: Four generation family portrait with three woman and an infant. They are assembled outside an elegant building with a wide steps and a long porch with with columns. See also the elderly woman in mcalA15F01i05
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Portraits, families, unidentified
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- Description: Members of McAllister's family sit on a sofa. The older woman to the left is Mrs. Raymond, the mother of the young lady in the Scottish tarten. The younger is McAllister's grand niece, Joanne Raymond. The young woman on the right is unidentified. A collie dog rests at their feet.
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Burlington High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1944 BHS boys basketball team with coach.
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Burlington High School - Basketball
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- Description: 1944 BHS boys basketball team. Photo #6.
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Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
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- Description: 1947 Eight BHS cheerleaders with large megaphones pose in front of Edmunds, the high school building that housed Burlington High School. Photo #4.
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Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Description: Karl L. Buck?
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Burlington High School - Musical Events
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- Description: 1956/1957 photo of a large mixed choral group performing at Burlington High School on stage in the Edmunds auditorium. Photo #1?
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Burlington Business College
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- Description: 1942 Burlington Business College women are gathered around a piano at Christmas time. They hold what may be sheets of music for a carol sing. Christmas trees seen to the right. Photo #3.
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Burlington High School Band
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- Description: 1949 Group portrait of the Burlington High School band assembled outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium. Photo #1.
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