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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Miniature of Rice Memorial High School - Groups
Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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    • Date Created: 1959
    • Description: Small co-ed group of Rice High School students, seated in the gym for a group photo.
    • 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 tennis and basketball players, assembled in the gym.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Vergennes High School - Basketball
      Vergennes High School - Basketball
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        • Date Created: 1943-1944
        • Description: 1943 -1944 Vergennes High School boys basketball team, with coaching and management staff, in the school gymnasium. (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.) Photo printed backwards. Photo #3.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Vergennes High School - Basketball
        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 #3.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of UVM Groups
          UVM Groups
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            • Description: 8 men in front of the former gymnasium (built 1901), now the Royall Tyler Theatre, which has a restored entrance way but the same arabesque detail on both sides. Athletes seem to be runners. Photo #9.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington High School - Auditorium
            Burlington High School - Auditorium
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              • Description: View from the stage in the gymnasium / auditorium at the old Burlington High School (currently Edmunds Elementary School) located at corner of Main and South Union Streets. Seen here with chairs set up and piano. Date may be 1951 when it was newly constructed.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Burlington High School - Auditorium
              Burlington High School - Auditorium
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                • Description: View from the stage in the gymnasium / auditorium at the old Burlington High School (currently Edmunds Elementary School) located at Main and South Union Streets. Seen here with chairs set up. Date may be 1951 when it was newly constructed.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
                Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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                  • Description: 1951 / 1952 Exterior view of the newly constructed Burlington High School Auditorium / Gymnasium on South Union Street in Burlington, Vermont. Attached to the Edmunds building currently the Edmunds Elementary School.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Cathedral High School
                  Cathedral High School
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                    • Description: 1958 photo of students assembled in the Cathedral High School gymnasium for a group picture. Photo #1.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Cathedral High School - Band
                    Cathedral High School - Band
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                      • Description: 1945 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band. Drum major and band director, Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), dressed in white, flank the close assembly of band musicians, drum majorette, and baton twirlers. Venue appears to be school ballroom or gymnasium with stage. A 48-star American flag and village scenery comprise the background. Photo no. missing.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs