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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Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Description: Formal school class photo of a group of students standing outside on the steps of the main entrance on Pearl Street. Girls are on the right; boys are on the left. Almost all the boys are dressed in suits and ties; the girls all in dresses. Priests and nuns stand in the back row. Caption "No 2 65 cents each". Undated.
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Cathedral Grammar School, Burlington
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- Description: Class photo of students outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Religion class? Coats and jackets have been discarded on the top step to the right. Undated.
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Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Description: Formal class photo of students standing outside on the steps in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Girls are grouped in the front rows, the boys in the back rows. One priest stands in the back. Photo #7. Undated.
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Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Description: Eight baton twirlers assembled outside on steps for a formal photo. They wear white jackets and dark solid colored skirts. Six carry batons. Probably taken for the school yearbook. Photo #1. Undated.
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Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 majorettes formal photo standing on wooden steps arranged in a "V" formation. An altered version of this photo appears in the school yearbook, Tower 1956. Photo #30. Sally Van Sleet, Captain ; Elizabeth Daley, Pauline McCarthy, Anita Handy, Maureen Barber, Sandra Sinclair, Claire Paris, Lois Crady, Janet Dion, Janet Limoges, Rita Michaud.
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Burlington Streets: Proctor Place
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- Date Created: 1935-06-13
- Description: June 13, 1935. Burlington, VT. V.E.R.A. Project No. 402-B7-15. Proctor Place sewer from Wright Ave. ravine sewer. Workmen stand above the ditch while others work in it.
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Burlington Streets: Prospect Street (4X5's)
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- Date Created: 1931-11-14
- Description: November 14, 1931. View of So. Prospect Street looking north. On the right is Slade Hall, a Colonial/Georgian Revival styled dormitory built in 1928 for the University of Vermont. On the left from the foreground backward is 443 So. Prospect, No. 433 and then No. 429. One of many photos taken by McAllister for the Burlington Street Dept showing repaved street. More information on this photo can be found on the web site UVM Historic Burlington Project / South of Pearl Street photographs.
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Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
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- Description: Undated photo (1929 or early 1930s?) showing a stretch of Riverside Ave probably after repaving by city street dept following the removal or covering up of the trolley tracks.
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Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
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- Description: Undated photo (1929 or 1930s?) of repaving project by city street dept of Riverside Ave.
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Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
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- Date Created: 1931-04-23
- Description: April 23, 1931. View of Riverside Ave road construction and repaving project by the city street dept.
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