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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Burlington High School
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- Description: Photo of the old Burlington High School on the corner of Main and South Union Street (was called Edmunds High School). Is currently Edmunds Elementary School on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont. Undated but may be 1951.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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- Description: March 1951 Construction of the Burlington High School (Edmunds building) Auditorium / Gymnasium on South Union Street, Burlington showing metal framing from the exterior.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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- Description: 1951 / 1952 Construction of the Burlington High School (Edmunds building) Auditorium / Gymnasium on South Union Street, Burlington showing metal framing from the interior.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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- Description: 1951 / 1952 Exterior view of the newly constructed Burlington High School Auditorium / Gymnasium on South Union Street in Burlington, Vermont. Attached to the Edmunds building currently the Edmunds Elementary School.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Business College
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- Description: 1942 Burlington Business College women look to be putting on a skit in front of an audience. One woman holds a Shirley Temple like doll, another ice skates, a third holds a doll as if it were a baby. Christmas trees seen to the right.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Business College
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- Description: Burlington Business College students gather as members of the Kappa Theta Greek fraternity for women. Dated 1942.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington: "Cooties" Club
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- Description: 1949 photo of members of the Burlington Vermont Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States No. 113 celebrate 5 year anniversary. A large cake is held up for display and a banner is stretched across the head table.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Bristol School -Basketball
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- Description: 1945-1946 Bristol School boys' basketball team with coach in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #10
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
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- Description: 1945 class picture at Bristol School in front of the old high school. Photo #31.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Boats
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- Description: 1944-1945 view of the inside lower level of a large boat. A stairway leads to top deck.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs