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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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: Six very young ballerinas strike a pose on stage in their dance recital outfits. Location Lyman C Hunt Middle School, Burlington, Vermont taken circa 1957-61. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Circa 1957-61. Photo 24.
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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: Irish Jig dance part of a dance recital at the Lyman C Hunt School on North Ave in Burlington, Vermont circa 1957-61. Shamrock headdresses adorn the heads of ten little tap dancers as they strike a pose on stage. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Photo 19
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Daughters of American Revolution
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- Description: Five women of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) are dressed in American colonial clothing and form a tableau of the sewing of the American flag. Thirteen stars form a circle on the flag that the ladies hold.
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Donovan Construction Company, Burlington
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- Date Created: 1944-05-14
- Description: May 14, 1944. The christening of 110 foot sub-chaser, SC 1506, by Mrs. Lewis F. Olson, Sponsor. Ship built by Donovan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minn. at the Shelburne Shipyard in Vermont. Company locally called Donovan Contracting. Photo #3.
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Donovan Construction Company, Burlington
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- Description: Ensign Martha P. Dinsmore, USNR stands holding a bouquet of flowers at the christening of sub-chaser SC 1505 April 16, 1944. Ship built by Donovan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minn. at the Shelburne Shipyard in Vermont. Company locally called Donovan Contracting. Photo #2. See also mcalA10F07i07
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Donovan Construction Company, Burlington
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- Date Created: 1944-04-16
- Description: April 16, 1944 Launching of sub-chaser SC 1504 onto Lake Champlain. Built by Donovan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minn. at the Shelburne Shipyard in Vermont. Company locally called Donovan Contracting. Photo #6.
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Donovan Construction Company, Burlington
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- Description: Date probably 1942 SC 1029 seen in Lake Champlain inside the breakwater. Built by Donovan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minn. at the Shelburne Shipyard in Vermont. Company locally called Donovan Contracting. Keel laid 4/27/42. Launched 8/31/42. Commissioned 11/16/42. Transferred to France 10/30/44.
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Earhart, Amelia
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- Date Created: 1934-05-22
- Description: May 22, 1934 photo of the occasion of Amelia Earhart's first visit to Burlington. Original caption reads: Burlington Municipal Airport, Mayor Burke welcoming Amelia Earhart. Left with back to camera is Mayor James Burke, the boy with the pillow is Jack Shearer with the Key to the City, to the right is Mrs. J. P. Dower (member of the Zonta Club)
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Ethan Allen Park, Burlington
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- Description: Entrance to Ethan Allen Park after widening, looking from inside the park towards North Avenue.
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Burlington High School Dramatic Productions
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- Description: Formal cast portrait of actors and actresses costumed as alter boys, priest, Native American (Indian) squaws, braves and chiefs. They stand or sit on stage with painted curtain behind them depicting a forest setting. A wooden cross made from what looks like birch logs is directly behind the central actor.
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