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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Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students, perhaps members of a sodality or other honors group, gathered in chapel. Priest may be Fr. Barry E. Fontaine.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Alpha Chi Omega
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Sisters of Alpha Chi Omega sorority (residence: 384 Main St., Burlington, Vt.). A similar photo (mcalB20F22i08) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Alpha Delta Pi
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Sisters of Alpha Delta Pi (residence: 363 So. Willard St.). A similar photo (mcalB20F23i03) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Alpha Epsilon Phi
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Sisters of Alpha Epsilon Phi (residence: 158 So. Willard St.). A similar photo (mcalB20F24i05) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Delta Phi Epsilon
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Sisters of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority, who were active but not necessarily residents of a large house. This photo appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p.130.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Delta Delta Delta
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- Description: Sisters of Delta Delta Delta sorority (residence: 143 So. Willard St., Burlington, Vt. ).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of an all female production cast assembled in what may be an radio studio. To the right a young woman stands at a floor microphone. Another stands to the left. They hold what appear to be scripts.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945. Five young women gather in a radio station studio with scripts in hand and stand before a floor microphone. Behind them are a large group of other female performers. Sign on door in the background to the right reads "No admittance"
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952. This is a photograph of a photo showing a large boys' choir arranged in front of a stage. On stage are adults dressed in biblical costume. School dramatic production? Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 high school dramatic production. Living dining room setting. Kellogg's corn flakes cereal on table.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs