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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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Five girls and one boy are on stage. They wear Hispanic style tap dance recital outfits. The boy kneels in front of the line of girls. Location Lyman C Hunt Middle School on North Ave in Burlington, Vermont taken circa 1957-61. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Photo 4.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Three young women stand before a wall mirror their reflections seen in the mirror behind them. They strike a pose in their tap dance outfits and fishnet stockings. Lady in the middle kneeling is Carol Lavalley associated with the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Date circa 1955-56. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Photo. 1.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Six young tap dancers, three girls and three boys pose in their dance recital outfits. The boys wear top hats and tails. The girls wear above the kneel sparkly dresses with thin shoulder straps. Left to right are Karen Brown, Donna Sousie, Judy Meachum, Alan Sousie, Paul Foisy, Norman Matton. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Oil paintings on the wall by Marcel Bergeron. Circa 1957-61. Photo 2.
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Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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- Description: Military men in the field with scopes and tripods.
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Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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- Description: Portrait of military men in front of flagpole.
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Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.(4X5)
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- Description: Undated view of the Burlington Street Dept. crew paving Riverside Ave. at one of the bends leading to Winooski. Large chunks of stone lay in the roadway as men stand alongside with shovels. To the right is seen a portion of Fairview Garage.
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Heineberg Bridge (old)
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- Description: Undated photograph of the old Heineberg Bridge taken from upstream
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Houses - Identified
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- Description: 41 So. Willard St., Burlington, Vermont
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Farms
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- Description: Autumn scene of a farmhouse with small attached barn next to a paved road. An automobile is parked in the front yard just off the road. Trees are bare of leaves. There are mountains in the background.
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Farms
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- Description: View of a farm with white farmhouse and barn and garden plot. A dirt road with utility poles and lines runs in front of the house.
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