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 Mount St. Mary's - Tennis
Mount St. Mary's - Tennis
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    • Date Created: 1952
    • Description: 1952 photo of members of Mount St. Mary's Academy tennis team on the court.
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    Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
    Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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      • Date Created: 1949
      • Description: Two men in shirt and tie playing horse shoes. 1949. Other male participants some holding horse shoes stand behind. Photo #2.
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      Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
      Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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        • Date Created: 1949
        • Description: Men playing horse shoes. 1949. A view of the wooded area where several pits have been dug. Spectators sit on logs or stand. Several women (wives?) and one child. Parked cars and buildings seen in the background. Photo #6.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Milton High School - Activities
        Milton High School - Activities
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          • Date Created: 1944-1945
          • Description: 1944/1945 portrait photo of boys' basketball team at Milton High School with coach. Photo #16.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Milton High School - Activities
          Milton High School - Activities
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            • Date Created: 1944-1945
            • Description: 1944/1945 portrait photo of girls' basketball team at Milton High School with coach. Photo #4.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Boxers: Unidentified
            Boxers: Unidentified
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              • Description: Fall-Spring 1930s-1940s Five male boxers pose for a group portrait.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Bristol School -Basketball
              Bristol School -Basketball
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                • Date Created: 1945/1946
                • Description: 1945-1946 Bristol School boys' basketball team with coaches in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #30
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Bristol School -Basketball
                Bristol School -Basketball
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                  • Description: 1945-1946 Bristol School boys' basketball team with coach in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #9
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Kamp Kill Kare
                  Kamp Kill Kare
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                    • Description: Batter up! Boys hold baseball bats as if ready for a pitch at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Milton High School - Activities
                    Milton High School - Activities
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                      • Date Created: 1946
                      • Description: 1946/1947 portrait photo of boys' basketball team at Milton High School with trophy and Coach Raphael J. Morris (also Ass't Principal and Social Studies teacher) Also identified is Donald Ira Chamberlin (front row, far left, graduate Class of 1949) Photo #2.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs