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 - Miscellaneous
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- Description: 1950s photo of an older and young man in a business office. May have been taken for a high school yearbook. Names and location unknown.
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Burlington High School - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1954-02
- Description: February 26-27, 1954 cast photo of the Burlington High School student production of Victor Herbert's operetta, "The Fortune Teller" performed at the Edmunds High School building. Complete write-up in the BHS Oread yearbook, p. 84-85. Seated in front is Jacqueline Paradee (Mme. Pompon, prima donna of the Grand Opera) with Herbert Kempe (Commandant of the Secret Police).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Orchestra
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 BHS orchestra under the direction of Mr. Lyman C. Hurd, III Oread, yearbook, p. 83.
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Burlington High School - Theatricals
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- Description: Formal cast portrait on stage set for "Green Valley", a comedy fantasy by Frank Wattson, performed in 1955. Depicts an outdoor scene with log cabin exterior seen to the extreme right. Huge painted sunflowers and a tree trunk to the left. In the 1955 Oread, p. 96-97 is a complete write-up. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School Track Team
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith.
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Burlington High School Track Team
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith (far left).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington - Street Views
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- Date Created: 1945/1946
- Description: 1945/1946 photo of Flynn Ave & Shelburne Road with damaged road side sign (billboard) advertising Oakledge Manor.
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Business Enterprises - A-B
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- Date Created: 1935/1936
- Description: 1935/1936 photo of Burlington Electric Motor Service.
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Business Enterprises - A-B
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- Description: Burlington Farm Supply Co. photo showing a variety of equipment by Case (maker of machines) along with employees, automobiles.
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Business Enterprises - E-H
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- Date Created: 1935/1936
- Description: 1935-1936 Fassetts Bakery truck advertising Sno-Flake Bread.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs