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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Street Repair
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    • Date Created: 1935-1936
    • Description: 1935 - 1936 road or street construction or repair.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    UVM - Groups
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 photo of men and women of varying ages assembled outside on the steps of Waterman Building on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington, Vt. Photo #6.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      UVM - ROTC Band
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        • Description: The UVM ROTC Band (aka "Co-ed Band"). Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. Women were allowed to join the band when the war effort drew away so many male musicians. Here, all but a few band members are women. Dated 1945. Photo #3.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        UVM - ROTC Band
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          • Description: The UVM ROTC Band (aka "Co-ed Band") in formation in front of the Billings Library. Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. Photo dated 1953.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          UVM - Fraternities - Delta Psi
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            • Description: Members of Delta Psi fraternity, with house at 61 Summit St., Burlington, Vt. (Same group as in mcalB19F25i01.) Dated 1951. May be photo #15?
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            UVM - Fraternities - Delta Psi
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              • Description: Members of Delta Psi fraternity, with house at 61 Summit St., Burlington, Vt. (Same group as in mcalB19F25i01.) Dated 1957. Photo #17.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              UVM - Fraternities - Phi Delta Theta
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                • Description: Members of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, with house at 439 College St., Burlington, Vt. Dated 1951. Photo #13.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                UVM - Fraternities - Sigma Phi Epsilon
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                  • Description: Brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon, with a house at 371 Main St., Burlington, Vt. A similar photo (mcalB20F02i01) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook. Photo #28.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  UVM - Fraternities - Theta Chi
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                    • Description: Brothers of Theta Chi, with a house at 170 Spruce St. This photo appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p. 145. Photo #37.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
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                      • Date Created: 1947-10
                      • Description: October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel arch with a workman up top. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington. Photo #1.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs