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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School Sports - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1951-1952
- Description: 1951/1952 - Members of an unidentified boys high school basketball team with coach. One member wears a knitted pullover sweater with images of skiers. Photo #8.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Hi-Y Clubs
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo (unfortunately printed backwards) of boys basketball team of the Hi-Y Club. One boy wears a tee shirt with the words "Merchant Marine"
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Basketball - Class 'B' Champs
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team; Class B champions with three trophies. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Basketball (boys)
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Basketball (boys)
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Nazareth School
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of the Nazareth School boys' basketball team and their coach. "Ecole Nazareth," later to become St. Joseph's School, is located in Burlington at 20 Allen Street. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Saint Stephen's
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- Date Created: circa 1948
- Description: Ca. 1948 photo of the St. Stephen's parish basketball team and their coaches. Location of the gym unknown.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School Basketball Team, Burlington
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: Starters for the Cathedral High School basketball team 1956 - 1957. Formal photo of the team in uniform in the gymnasium. Hoop in background. Photo appears in the school yearbook, The Tower, 1957, on p. 82. Danny Clark, Al Guyette, Robert Benoit, Charles Smith, John Gaudreau, Phil McKenzie, Gary Farrell. Photo #34.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 photo of members of the Mt St Mary's basketball team posing for a group portrait in the gymnasium in M formation. Photo #15.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Activities
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- Date Created: 1946-1947
- Description: 1946/1947 portrait photo of girls' basketball team at Milton High School with panda bear mascot. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs