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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Cathedral High School, Burlington
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    • Description: A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? One priest stands near the right in the back row. Some boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #4. Undated.
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    Camps: Unidentified
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      • Description: An outdoor setting near Lake Champlain is the site for a pageant. A large group of mostly girls (or all girls) are dressed in costume with flags, shields, weapons. "Indians" wrapped on blankets stand to the left. May be at a girls' summer camp. Date and location unknown but may be 1920s or 1930s. Photo #2. Similar to mcalA08F06i08 but a different angle. See also mcalA17F15i31.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Cathedral High School, Burlington
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        • Date Created: 1956
        • Description: 1956 formal class photo of Cathedral High School Sophomore class of 1955 / 1956 assembled on the gymnasium bleachers. The girls are in school uniform and are in the front (with class officers in front row). All the rest of the boys are standing in the back rows. Class officers Joyce Guyette, President ; Julia Lawler, Secretary ; Michael Pearo, Vice President ; John Cannizzaro, Treasurer. Taken for the school yearbook, Tower 1956, section for sophomore class.
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        Cathedral High School, Burlington
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          • Description: A group of students gather on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Three priests stand in the back row. Most of boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #7. Undated.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Christ the King School, Burlington
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            • Description: Children with church clergy are assembled inside for a formal first communion group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #2. Undated. 1950s?
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Christ the King School, Burlington
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              • Description: Information on back of photo states "Msgr Towne, Father Spears and Steady, Christ the King graduates class (8th Grade) [Class of '61 at Rice] Group assembled for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #4. 1961 Same group as mcalA09F05i41 and 42.
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              Cootiette Club, Burlington
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                • Description: Members of the Burlington Vermont Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States No. 113 sit for a formal portrait. They sit on a stage with the club's banner to the left and the American flag to the right. On the banner is seen Lincoln Club No. 113, Burlington, Vermont) and a partial date April 3, 19--. 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. Clubs nationwide formed as early as 1930 with national headquarters in Sacramento, California. Women had to be at least 18 years of age. Photo 1.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Congregational Church, First - Groups
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                  • Description: A photo of an unidentified man and woman of the Salvation Army standing at a podium with a Bible. A banner with the Salvation Army emblem hangs from the podium. Undated by may be 1940s. See also mcalA16F01i32
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Dance Recitals
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                    • Date Created: undated
                    • Description: Anne Sousie strikes a pose in an organdy dress with hat, gloves and wearing tap dance shoes. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Students of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, located at 115 North Ave, Burlington. Date circa 1955-56. Photo 11.
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                    Cootiette Club, Burlington
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                      • Description: Members of the Burlington Vermont Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States No. 113 sit for a formal portrait. The club is a voluntary, non-profit auxiliary women's club formed to offer support to veterans and families as part of the VFW. Clubs nationwide formed as early as 1930 with national headquarters in Sacramento, California. Women had to be at least 18 years of age. Photo 2.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs