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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201 Portrait photography. 103 Burlington (Vt.). 100 High school athletes. 88 Basketball. 72 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 65 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 62 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 62 School sports. 61 Camping. 59 Camps. 56 Girls. 42 Baseball. 41 Winooski (Vt.). 39 High school students. 39 Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.). 27 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 26 Children. 24 Family. 19 House furnishings. 17 Gymnasiums. 15 Athletics. 15 Christmas greens. 15 Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.). 15 St. Albans (Vt.). 15 Toys. 15 Women. 14 Interior architecture. 14 Priests. 13 Men. 11 Champlain, Lake. 10 Cheerleading. 10 Football. 10 Students. 9 Swimming. 9 Vergennes (Vt.). 8 Bristol (Vt.). 8 Middle school students. 8 Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.). 8 Musicians. 8 Young men. 7 Animals. 7 Canoes and canoeing. 7 Church buildings. 7 First communion. 7 Young women. 6 Bands (Music). 6 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 6 School children. 6 St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.). 5 Boats and boating. 5 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Classrooms. 4 Choirs (Music). 4 Dwellings. 4 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Flag raising and lowering. 4 Furniture. 4 Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.). 4 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 4 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Richford (Vt.). 4 Richford High School (Richford, Vt.). 4 Vermont Industrial School. 3 Buildings. 3 Business. 3 Dolls. 3 Essex Junction (Vt.). 3 Handicraft. 3 Horses. 3 Landscape photography. 3 Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Pool (game). 3 Tennis. 3 Vermont 4-H Clubs. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Employees. 2 Infants. 2 Machinery. 2 Rifles. 2 Trucks. 2 Woodwork. 2 Worship programs. 1 Actors. 1 Auditoriums. 1 Boxing. 1 Boy Scouts. 1 Bridegrooms. 1 Brides. 1 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 1 Buses. 1 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 1 College students. 1 Construction projects. 1 Construction workers. 1 Convenience stores. 1 Costume. 1 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 High school buildings. 1 High school graduates. 1 High school teachers. 1 Musical groups. 1 Orchestra. 1 Piano. 1 Restaurants. 1 Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Rifle practice. 1 Santa Claus. 1 St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Statues. 1 Targets (Shooting). 1 Totem poles. 1 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Vermont Transit Company. 1 Volleyball. 1 Weddings.

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Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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    • Date Created: 1957-1958
    • Description: 1957 or 1958 photo of what may be a high school vocational workshop class. Adult instructor stands to the far left while boys work the woodworking machines.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
    Portraits - Individuals
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      • Date Created: 1958
      • Description: A woman in a riding outfit holds the reins of a horse. They stand in a field. A young boy also in riding clothes sits on the saddled horse. Dated 1958. Photo #1.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Richmond High School
      Richmond High School
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        • Date Created: 1944
        • Description: Richmond High School baseball team of 1944. Photo #1.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Saint Stephen's
        Saint Stephen's
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          • Date Created: circa 1948
          • Description: Ca. 1948 photo of the St. Stephen's parish basketball team and their coaches. Location of the gym unknown.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Winooski High School - Basketball - Class 'B' Champs
          Winooski High School - Basketball - Class 'B' Champs
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            • Date Created: 1949
            • Description: 1949 Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team; Class B champions with three trophies. Photo #2.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
            Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
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              • Date Created: 1947
              • Description: 1947 outdoor portrait photo in stadium of the Winooski High School boys baseball team with coaches probably at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont. The word "Winooski" lettered on uniform shirts. Photo #2.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
              Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
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                • Date Created: 1949
                • Description: 1949 portrait photo of the Winooski High Schooll boys' baseball team.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Athletics, unidentified
                Athletics, unidentified
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                  • Date Created: undated
                  • Description: Cathedral High School JV basketball team. To the left of Coach Merola stands Pat McKenzie. In the first row touching the ball is Bob Desautels. Kneeling next to Bob is Gary Desautels. The boys in the middle row are Pat Rideout,left and Dennis Daley, right. Photo no. 24.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Camps: Unidentified
                  Camps: Unidentified
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                    • Description: A group portrait of young and slightly older boys in uniform and male adults in the out-of-doors perhaps at a boys' summer camp. Shirts have a large letter "K". Could this be Kamp Kill Kare? Date and location unknown but may be 1920s or 1930s. Photo #26.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits, families, unidentified
                    Portraits, families, unidentified
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                      • Description: A man, woman and four teen and school age children stand near a table laid out with china dinnerware. The boys wear suit jackets as does the man. The woman and young lady are nicely attired in dresses.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs