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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Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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    • Date Created: 1949
    • Description: 1949 Music lesson or rehearsal at Trinity College. Faculty member is probably Miss Dorothy Hunt.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    UVM Sororities - Pi Beta Phi
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      • Description: Sisters of Pi Beta Phi sorority (chapter house: 369 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt.), whose UVM chapter was founded in 1898. A similar photo appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p.138.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      UVM Sororities - Southwick Memorial Hall (Construction)
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        • Description: Southwick Hall on UVM's Redstone Campus, current home of the Music Department but originally built to accommodate women's activities. Built in 1935 in memory of Mable Louise Southwick, UVM '05, this neo-Federal style, two-story building was funded in part by Mable's parents and the federal Public Works Administration. If this photo was taken in 1960, the scaffolding was for renovation, not construction.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Vergennes High School - Graduates
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          • Description: Vergennes High School graduating class of 1949, assembled in front of the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Photo #1.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
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            • Date Created: 1952
            • Description: 1952. Monroe School Band from Monroe, New Hampshire assembled on the steps of Burlington Vermont's City Hall (facing west). Photo #3.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            UVM Sororities - Alpha Delta Pi
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              • Description: Sisters of Alpha Delta Pi (residence: 363 So. Willard St.). A similar photo (mcalB20F23i03) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              UVM Sororities - Alpha Epsilon Phi
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                • Description: Sisters of Alpha Epsilon Phi (residence: 158 So. Willard St.).
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                UVM Sororities - Delta Phi Epsilon
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                  • Description: Sisters of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority, who were active but not necessarily residents of a large house on or near campus. A similar photo (mcalB20F25i03) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p.130.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  UVM Sororities - Gamma Phi Beta
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                    • Description: Sisters of Gamma Phi Beta (residence: 381 Main St., a house built for Burlington banker Joel H. Gates). This photo appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p. 132.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    UVM Sororities - Kappa Alpha Theta
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                      • Description: Sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta, relaxing in the library of their chapter house at 215 So. Prospect St., Burlington, Vt. (The house was built in 1900 for lawyer Charles T. Barney and later owned by the Catholic diocese as a residence for Bishop Joseph J. Rice.) Kappa Alpha Theta was the first sorority to have a chapter at UVM (1881).
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs