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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Bristol School -Baseball
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- Date Created: 1945/1946
- Description: 1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team stands in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #7
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Airport
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of the Northeast Airlines building with the hanger doors open.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington: "Cooties" Club
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- Description: Circa 1944-1951 photo of two men of the "Cooties" Club at a gathering of its members. This was a VFW post World War II voluntary, non-profit auxiliary organization formed to offer support to veterans and families.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington: "Cooties" Club
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 members of the Burlington Vermont Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States No. 113 sit for a formal portrait. 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.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School Band
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- Date Created: 1949/1950
- Description: 1949-1950 Group portrait of Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium. Photo #6.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School Band
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 Burlington High School twirler (drum majorette) Location is stage in Edmunds High School building auditorium.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Baseball
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 Burlington High School baseball team with Coach Orrie Jay seated on the steps of Edmunds High School building. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Baseball
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 Burlington High School baseball team with Coach Orrie Jay sitting outside on the steps of the Edmunds High School building. The word "Burlington" lettered on uniform shirts. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Baseball
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 Burlington High School baseball team with Coach Orrie Jay standing on the steps of Edmunds High School building. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs