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: "Cooties" Club
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- Description: 1952 Back of photo: "Bugs Contacts Grange Hall" Group photo of members of the Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States. The women wear caps similar to those of nurses. Clubs nationwide formed as early as 1930. Photo #6.
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Burlington: "Cooties" Club
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- Description: 1952 Back of photo: "Bugs Contacts Grange Hall" Three women veterans participate in the ceremony of passing the gavel at a meeting of the Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States No. 113. Photo #9.
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Boy and Cub Scouts
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- Description: Winter, Spring. Boy Scouts Four men are seated at a small table with the American flag and another flag on either side of them. A brick wall is behind them. One man is a priest.
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Bristol School -Baseball
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- Description: 1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team taken in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #35.
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Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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- Description: 1952 / 1952 Construction of the Burlington High School Auditorium / Gymnasium at the Edmunds building on South Union Street in Burlington showing the exterior with wooden scaffolding and cars parked at the site.
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Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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- Description: 1951 / 1952 Four views of the newly constructed Burlington High School auditorium / gymnasium at Edmunds building located on South Union Street, Burlington, Vermont.
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Burlington High School Band
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- Description: 1945-1946 Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) stand outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #5.
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Burlington High School Band
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- Description: 1946-1947 Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) stand outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #4.
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Burlington High School Band
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- Description: 1949-1950 Group portrait of Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium. Photo #4.
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Burlington High School Band
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- Description: 1955-1961 Burlington High School band on stage in Edmunds High School building auditorium.
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