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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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Five girls and one boy are on stage. They wear Hispanic style tap dance recital outfits. The boy kneels in front of the line of girls. Location Lyman C Hunt Middle School on North Ave in Burlington, Vermont taken circa 1957-61. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Photo 4.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Six young tap dancers, three girls and three boys pose in their dance recital outfits. The boys wear top hats and tails. The girls wear above the kneel sparkly dresses with thin shoulder straps. Left to right are Karen Brown, Donna Sousie, Judy Meachum, Alan Sousie, Paul Foisy, Norman Matton. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Oil paintings on the wall by Marcel Bergeron. Circa 1957-61. Photo 2.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: A very young tap dancer strikes a pose in her tutu as she stands beside a large wall mirror in which her image is reflected. Student of Lorette Sousie of the Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 37
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Nine very young tap dancers form a line in ascending order of height from left to right. Young boys stand at each end of the line of girls in the center. 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 20.
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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: Pamela Clark, a young tap dancer in tulle skirted dance recital outfit places both hands on her hips. She stands beside a large wall mirror in which her image is reflected. Same girl as in mcalA10F04i14. Student of Lorette Sousie of the Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 30
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Anne Sousie strikes a pose in an organdy dress with hat, gloves and wearing tap dance shoes. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Students of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, located at 115 North Ave, Burlington. Date circa 1955-56. Photo 11.
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Dance Recitals
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- Description: Seven young girls stand on stage in tap shoes and dance recital outfits. One hand is raised to their heads, the other on their hips and one leg bent with foot raised. Location Lyman C Hunt Middle School on North Ave in Burlington Vermont taken circa 1957-61. Students of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance in Burlington. Photo #23.
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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 1.
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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: Seven women tap dancers form a line in short skirt dance recital outfits. The woman in the center wears a different outfit and may even be the dance instructor. She also appears in mcalA10F03i04. A wall length mirror is behind them with framed dance photos lining the top of the mirror.
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Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: A tap dance instructor and her students pose in a dance studio. Photos of dancers line the wall above the wall mirrors. Location and date unknown.
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