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.
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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.
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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.
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Winooski High School - Class Pictures
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- Description: Undated photo (but likely late 1940s, early '50s) of a class at Winooski High School. The building at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. served as the high school from 1912 until 1960. A small sign to the right of the entrance states that it is a Standard School.
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Winooski High School - Class Pictures
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- Description: Undated Winooski High School classroom with teacher and students. May be for one of the school's yearbooks.
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Winooski High School - Misc.
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 group of male Winooski High School students.
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Animals
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Portrait (no.2) of a Boston Terrier sitting outdoors. May be the same dog seen in mcalA11F16i37 sitting in a car with a woman.
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Animals
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Side view of Boston Terrier sitting outdoors (with attention to harness). May be the same dog as seen in mcalA11F16i37 sitting in a car with a woman.
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Animals
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Photograph of a collie laying outdoors
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Athletics, unidentified
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Photograph of unidentified football team. Photo #23.
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Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Photograph of a damaged U.S. Mail truck at the scene of an accident.
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