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 Cathedral High School
Cathedral High School
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    • Date Created: 1957
    • Description: 1957 class photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #31.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Cathedral High School - Basketball
    Cathedral High School - Basketball
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      • Date Created: 1957
      • Description: 1957 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team with coach in the school gymnasium. Photo #44.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
      Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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        • Date Created: 1957
        • Description: 1957 group portrait of Mt St Mary's basketball team inside the gymnasium. Photo #13
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Rice Memorial High School - Groups
        Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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          • Date Created: 1959
          • Description: Rice High School students seated in the gymnasium with a faculty member for a group photo.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Rice Memorial High School - Groups
          Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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            • Date Created: 1959
            • Description: Large co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym for a group photo. (Dress code for the girls apparently stricter than that for the boys.)
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Rice Memorial High School - Groups
            Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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              • Date Created: undated
              • Description: Large co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym for a group photo. Apparently, a spotlight has been directed at the students on the right side.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Saint Michael's College - Groups
              Saint Michael's College - Groups
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                • Date Created: 1935-1936
                • Description: 1935-1936 Saint Michael's College. Old Gym. Head table between two coats of arms. Left to right: Mon. Patrick Brennan (of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, located at 84 Cherry Street, Burlington, Vt.), Mr. McNamara, Bishop Joseph Rice. Coat of arms: left: those of Pope Pius XI, and to the right: those of Bishop Rice and the Diocese of Burlington.
                • 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 #2.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
                  Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 photo of a dinner being held at Christmas, with several attendees wearing navy uniforms. There are two American flags placed onstage on either side of the Christmas tree. The location looks like the Southwick Ballroom on the Redstone Campus, Univ. of Vt. Occasion unknown.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Rice Memorial High School
                    Rice Memorial High School
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                      • Date Created: undated
                      • Description: Small group of high school students, seated for a group photo in the Rice High School gym.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs