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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UVM - Medical Staff
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 group portrait of University of Vermont medical staff. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - ROTC Band
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- Description: The UVM ROTC Band (aka "Co-ed Band") in formation in front of the Waterman Building. Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. This photo is published in the 1946 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p.111. The Ariel explains that this was the 2nd year the band was "supplemented by girl members," presumably because male musicians were involved in the war effort. All but 5 members of this band are women. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Unidentified
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- Description: Sisters of an as yet unidentified sorority.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes High School - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1943-1944
- Description: 1943 -1944 Vergennes High School boys basketball team, with coaching and management staff, in the school gymnasium. (Vergennes High School was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union Hgh School, and demolished in 1964.) Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes High School - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1944-1945
- Description: 1944 -1945 Vergennes High School girls basketball team, with coaches and school principal(?) in the gymnasium. A trophy is on the floor. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes High School - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: Vergennes High School graduating class of 1949 with sign, assembled in front of the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951. Outdoor photo on steps of Mann Hall of a large group of children with mothers and caregivers, very likely part of Trinity College's interest in early childhood development and early diagnosis of developmental disorders. Childrens Day? Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949. Very professional looking group of Trinity students. Photo #16.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949. Group of Trinity College students, with faculty member (?). Unknown location. Photo #18.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College honor students and faculty member/Sister of Mercy. Photo #9.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs