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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Champlain, Lake
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- Description: View of Lake Champlain as seen through some trees. Distant outcroppings of land are seen as well as a boat in the water slightly below center of photo. Date and location unknown.
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Christ the King School, Burlington
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- Description: A group of graduates along with a church clergy and a woman assembled outside for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Four boys sit in the front with one of them holding a baton. One boy in front has only one shoe on as his other appears to be in a cast. Same group as mcalA09F05i17 and mcalB03F13i01. Photo #3. Undated. 1950s?
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Circus People
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- Description: Portrait photo of a lady looking at the camera dressed in a polka-dot skirt wearing a pearl necklace sitting outside. Date and location unknown. See also mcalA09F08i16, mcalA09F09i09, mcalA09F09i13.
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Congregational Church, First
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- Description: Exterior photograph of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont located on So. Winooski Avenue. Cars are parked along the curb as traffic flows along the street. People enter the church. Date is at least late 1957. The station wagon in front is a 1957 Dodge.
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Cootiette Club, Burlington
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- Description: Members of the Burlington Vermont Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States No. 113 sit for a formal portrait. They sit on a stage with the club's banner to the left and the American flag to the right. Banner reads in part Lincoln Club No. 113, Burlington, Vermont with a partial date April 3, 194-. A large Welcome sign hangs behind the women. Many wear the club vests and hats. The club is a voluntary, non-profit auxiliary women's club formed to offer support to veterans and families as part of the VFW. Clubs nationwide formed as early as 1930 with national headquarters in Sacramento, California. Women had to be at least 18 years of age. Photo 2.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Eight young girls line up in party dresses and tap dance shoes in front of a wall mirror probably in a dance studio. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56. Students of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located on North Ave in Burlington. Photo 31.
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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: A large group photo of children (one boy) dressed in various costumes. The sit or stand on a stage with two adults (may be dance instructors). One holds a bouquet of flowers. May be Fall 1952. Location unknown. Photo 2.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Donna Sousie holds out the skirt of her dance recital outfit dressed in her tap dance shoes. She strikes a pose beside a wall mirror in which her image is reflected. Daughter and student of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1957-61. Photo 7.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Three young girls in tap shoes and dance recital outfit strikes a pose in front of a large wall mirror in which their image is reflected. Left is Donna Sousie, center is Judy Meachum. All students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 32.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Two young girls pose in their tap dance outfits. They are students of the Lorette Sousie at the Sousie School of Dance. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56. Photo 33.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs