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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Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Another 1944 photo of 18 girls all dressed alike in long dresses are on stage. They pose with stretched pieces of cloth that when viewed seem to form 6 pointed "snowflakes." Winter pageant or performance? Photo #1. See also mcalB18F33i01
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Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: Three young ballet dancers on the Mount St. Mary's stage in 1961. Photo #35.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Eight young girls line up in their tap dance outfits in front of a wall mirror probably in a dance studio. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955.56. Students of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located on North Ave in Burlington. Photo 30.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Ten young girls line up on the stage in their tap dance recital outfits at Lyman C Hunt Middle School on North Ave in Burlington, Vermont. They wear outfits reminiscent of little maids. Each has an apple shaped paper label on their chest. 1950s. Students of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located at 115 North Ave. in Burlington. Photo 27.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Three young boys are dressed in dark colored sailor suits, white sailor hats and tap dance shoes. Alan Sousie (son of Lorette Sousie) is in the middle. They stand before a wall mirror in which their image is reflected. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance. Photo 29.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Two girls dressed in dance recital outfits strike a pose in their tap dance shoes. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington, Vermont. Photo taken at 138 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington. Circa 1955-56. Photo 31.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Five young ballerinas stand or kneel while they strike a pose in their dance recital outfits. Front row: Jill Germaine, Karen Brown. Back row: Jacqueline Deforge, Donna Sousie, Judith Deforge. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Oil paintings on the wall done by Marcel Bergeron. Photo 19.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Three women strike a pose on stage. Unfortunately the photo is out of focus. Same three women as in mcalA10F03i18. Left to right Lorette Sousie (dance instructor and owner of Sousie School of Dance, Burlington, Vermont), Sandra Dutra, Carol Lavalley. Location Lyman C Hunt Middle School, Burlington, Vermont taken in the 1950s. Photo 0
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Judy Meachum (left) and her partner strike a pose in their ballerina dance recital outfits in front of a large wall mirror. See also mcalA10F03i11 and 12. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 36.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: A young girl in a knee length summer party dress strikes a pose in her dance recital tap dance shoes. Student of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Circa 1955-56. Photo taken at 138 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Photo 36.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs