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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School Sports - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 - Unidentified members of a boys basketball team with coach. Two boys wear a horizontal stripe uniform top. A trophy stands on the floor in front. Photo #1.
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Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 Trinity College students and members of a sports team (basketball?).
- 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.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Basketball (boys)
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- Description: Undated Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Basketball (boys)
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Business College
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- Description: 1942 Burlington Business College women's basketball team.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Bristol School -Basketball
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- Description: 1945-1946 Bristol School girls' basketball team in front of the old high school with coach in Bristol, Vermont. A large plush panda bear mascot has been placed in front. Photo #25.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
School Sports - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1935-1936
- Description: 1935 - 1936 unidentified boys basketball team with coach. They wear uniform jackets with the single letter "K". Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes High School - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1943/1944
- Description: 1943 / 1944 Vergennes High School girls basketball team and coaches in the school gymnasium. Ball held by youngest member (front, center) is dated "43-44." (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.) Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Hi-Y Clubs
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- Description: Burlington Grammar Hi-Y Club boys' basketball team 1945 with coach. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs