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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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: A large group photo of children (one boy) dressed in various costumes. The sit or stand on a stage with two adults (may be dance instructors). One holds a bouquet of flowers. May be Fall 1952. Location unknown. Photo 2.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Donna Sousie holds out the skirt of her dance recital outfit dressed in her tap dance shoes. She strikes a pose beside a wall mirror in which her image is reflected. Daughter and student of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1957-61. Photo 7.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Three young girls in tap shoes and dance recital outfit strikes a pose in front of a large wall mirror in which their image is reflected. Left is Donna Sousie, center is Judy Meachum. All students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 32.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals
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- Description: Two young girls pose in their tap dance outfits. They are students of the Lorette Sousie at the Sousie School of Dance. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56. Photo 33.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Twelve young girls are dressed in their tap military line dance recital majorette outfits. The stand in two lines of six each in a V-shape formation. Students of Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington, Vermont. Date 1950s. Photo 10.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Three young women are dressed in their Russian style tap dance outfits with one leg extended out and one arm raised above their heads. From left to right Carol Lavalley, Joan English Carol Harradene. All associated with the Lorette Sousie School of Dance. Date may be 1950s. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Photo 8.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Twelve young women line up, hands on hips, legs extended in a dance studio or rehearsal hall. They wear tap dance recital outfits and tap shoes. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance on North Ave in Burlington. Photo 15.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Donna Sousie and her brother Alan Sousie strike a pose in their tap dance recital costumes in front of a large wall mirror in which their image is reflected. Boy wears top hat and tails. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 7
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: Ballet dancers on stage at Mount St. Mary's Academy in 1961.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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- Description: Teen and younger campers pair up and participate in a dance session outside on the grounds of Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle; probably taken in the 1950s or 1960s. Camp operated by the Sisters of Mercy from 1957 to 1993. Photo #6.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs