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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Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of students standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont. Photo #13.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of a large group of students standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont. One older woman stands to the far left. Photo #8.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of a large group of students standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont. Photo #14.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School - Band
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band (same group as in mcalB06F23i05), assembled in front of the south entrance to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School - Football Teams
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- Description: A portrait of the Cathedral High School football team sitting on the steps of the main entrance to the school. The photograph is dated 1952.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School - Orchestra
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of the Cathedral High School orchestra, which seems to consist of brass, wind, and percussion players, with one cellist. Conductor Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) stands in the back row, right. Pearl St. entrance of the school is in the background. Photo #13.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 broadside photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's ferry City of Plattsburg cruising on Lake Champlain. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 photo of two Champlain Transportation Company's ferries as they cross paths on Lake Champlain. The ferry City of Plattsburg is on the left. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 photo of a Champlain Transportation Company ferry cruising the waters of Lake Champlain.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs