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
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- Description: Twelve young girls are dressed in their tap military line dance recital majorette outfits. The stand in two lines of six each in a V-shape formation. Students of Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington, Vermont. Date 1950s. Photo 10.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Three young women are dressed in their Russian style tap dance outfits with one leg extended out and one arm raised above their heads. From left to right Carol Lavalley, Joan English Carol Harradene. All associated with the Lorette Sousie School of Dance. Date may be 1950s. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Photo 8.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Twelve young women line up, hands on hips, legs extended in a dance studio or rehearsal hall. They wear tap dance recital outfits and tap shoes. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance on North Ave in Burlington. Photo 15.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Donna Sousie and her brother Alan Sousie strike a pose in their tap dance recital costumes in front of a large wall mirror in which their image is reflected. Boy wears top hat and tails. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 7
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Earhart, Amelia
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- Date Created: 1934-05-22
- Description: May 22, 1934 photo on the occasion of Amelia Earhart's first visit to Burlington for Women's Day. Original caption reads: Burlington Municipal Airport. Mayor James Burke center holding his hat, Amelia in center, Jack Shearer is the boy with pillow and Key to the City, Mrs. J. P. Dower to the right. In the back (between Burke and Earhart) is Mrs. A. H. Heiniger who was a passenger. Former Mayor Spear (in tweed jacket) is just behind Jack.
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Burlington High School Faculty
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- Description: Formal portrait of the Burlington High School faculty. Seen standing at the extreme left is Holland "Dutch" Smith (with the Burlington school system beginning in 1929, BHS principal 1950-1964). A version of this photo seen in BHS yearbook, Oread 1956, p. 9.
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Burlington High School Faculty
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- Description: Formal portrait of eleven teachers at Burlington High School seated at tables or standing behind.
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Agricultural Exhibitions
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- Description: View of exhibition booths displaying fresh vegetables and canned goods. Undated but may be 1940s; location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium.
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Buildings - Interiors, Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1935/1936
- Description: 1935/1936 Fall-Spring Very dark or underdeveloped photo of large metal units and machinery in a large open space building.
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Burlington Business College
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- Date Created: 1942
- Description: 1942 Burlington Business College women's basketball team.
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