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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203 Portrait photography. 127 Burlington (Vt.). 54 Men. 48 Family. 48 Women. 41 Children. 39 High school athletes. 38 School sports. 34 Young women. 29 Boys. 29 High school students. 29 House furnishings. 28 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 28 Winooski (Vt.). 27 Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.). 26 Girls. 21 Baseball. 21 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 20 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 20 College graduates. 20 Interior architecture. 18 Church buildings. 17 College students. 16 Buildings. 15 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 14 Christmas greens. 13 College teachers. 13 Restaurants. 13 School children. 12 High school buildings. 12 Students. 11 Gymnasiums. 11 Priests. 10 Basketball. 10 Bridegrooms. 10 Brides. 9 Bands (Music). 9 Football. 9 Fraternal Order of Eagles. 9 High school graduates. 9 Middlebury College. 9 Nuns. 8 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 8 Dwellings. 8 Employees. 8 Middlebury (Vt.). 7 Business. 7 Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.). 6 Cake. 6 Choruses. 6 Drum majorettes. 6 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 6 Musical groups. 6 Toys. 6 Young men. 5 Auditoriums. 5 Infants. 5 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Nurses. 5 Santa Claus. 5 Weddings. 5 Worship programs. 4 Architectural photography. 4 Athletics. 4 Chapels. 4 Cheerleading. 4 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Landscape photography. 4 Richford (Vt.). 4 Richford High School (Richford, Vt.). 4 St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.). 4 St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Actors. 3 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 3 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Choirs (Music). 3 Classrooms. 3 Colchester (Vt.). 3 Confirmation -- Catholic Church. 3 Construction projects. 3 Costume. 3 Department stores. 3 Fanny Allen Hospital. 3 First communion. 3 Flowers. 3 High school students -- Dramatic production. 3 Machinery. 3 Musicians. 3 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 3 Service stations. 3 Shelburne (Vt.). 3 Stores, Retail. 3 Track and field athletes. 2 DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 2 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 2 Hardware. 2 Housing. 2 Offices. 2 Salvation Army. 2 Shelburne Museum. 2 St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.). 2 Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States. 2 University of Vermont. 2 Women veterans. 1 Ballerinas. 1 Banners. 1 Barns. 1 Blackface entertainers. 1 Boats and boating. 1 Bowling. 1 Buses. 1 Camping. 1 Christmas pageants. 1 Dance. 1 Greek letter societies. 1 High school teachers. 1 Horses. 1 J.K. Kidder Mfg. Co., Inc. 1 Livestock. 1 Middle school students. 1 Minstrel shows. 1 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 1 Piano. 1 Reunions. 1 Saint John Vianney Parish (South Burlington, Vt.). 1 Shelburne Public School (Shelburne, Vt.). 1 South Burlington (Vt.). 1 Street photography. 1 Tennis. 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Turkeys. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Wake services.

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Miniature of Salvation Army
Salvation Army
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    • Date Created: 1949-1950
    • Description: 1949-1950 holiday (Christmas?) meal with wrapped presents. In attendance are women, children and Salvation Army officers, esp. Maj. Elsie Russell (end of table, right side) and her husband, Maj. Edward Russell, standing, far right. The Russells were "in charge," as the City Directory, ca 1940-1951. The Salvation Army headquarters were at 117 Cherry St. in Burlington.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Trinity College - Graduation
    Trinity College - Graduation
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      • Date Created: 1949
      • Description: 1949 Trinity College graduates in academic gowns in front of the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #6.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Trinity College - Graduation
      Trinity College - Graduation
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        • Date Created: 1949
        • Description: 1949 Trinity College graduates in academic gowns in front of the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #3.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Stores - F.W. Woolworth (Burlington, VT)
        Stores - F.W. Woolworth (Burlington, VT)
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          • Date Created: 1949-1950
          • Description: 37-39 Church Street. Crowded display of discount merchandise in this interior photo of F.W. Woolworth Co. on the corner of Church and Cherry St., Burlington, Vt.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Trinity College - Sports & Activities
          Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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            • Date Created: 1949
            • Description: 1949 Trinity College students and members of a ski club or team outside, with the Admin. Building (Mann Hall) behind them.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Trinity College - Sports & Activities
            Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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              • Date Created: 1949
              • Description: 1949 Tea party at Trinity College, with students and faculty attending.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
              Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
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                • Date Created: 1949-1950
                • Description: 1949 / 1950 outdoor portrait photo of the Winooski High School boys baseball team with coach and three younger boys.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Winooski High School - Chorus
                Winooski High School - Chorus
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                  • Date Created: 1949
                  • Description: 1949 photo of several Winooski High School students. Seen is one girl wearing a cardigan sweater with lyre emblem badge. Photo #3.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Weddings
                  Weddings
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                    • Date Created: 1949
                    • Description: 1949 wedding couple and family outside in front of house on lawn. Photo #4.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Weddings
                    Weddings
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                      • Date Created: 1949
                      • Description: 1949 wedding couple cutting their wedding cake inside what may be a private home with a dining table full of food.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs