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 Band
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- Date Created: 1946/1947
- Description: 1946-1947 Burlington High School drum majorettes standing on the steps of the Burlington Memorial Auditorium. Photo #5. Fall-Winter
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Burlington High School Band
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- Date Created: 1946/1947
- Description: 1946-1947 Portrait of the Burlington High School Band on the steps of Burlington Memorial Auditorium. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School Band
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) stand outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School Band
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- Date Created: 1947/1948
- Description: 1947-1948 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: 1949
- Description: 1949 Group portrait of Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School Band
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- Description: 1955-1961 Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) Location is Edmunds High School building.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Baseball
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 Burlington High School baseball team (hats off) with Coach Orrie Jay 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 - Football
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- Date Created: 1935/1936
- Description: 1935-1936 Burlington High School football team outside on the steps of Edmunds High School building. Milton L. Hard front row far left. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Chorus
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 chorus seated in chairs in front of the stage in the auditorium attached to Edmunds where Burlington High School was held. Photo #8.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Date Created: 1953/1954
- Description: 1953/1954 Heidi Wallenfels and Miss Cora Hutchins, Debating coach. Heidi holds a trophy. Another stands on the floor. Photo appears in the BHS yearbook 1954, Oread, p. 47.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs