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 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 Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
    Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
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      • Description: Boys of the Cathedral High School cheerleading squad strike another pose on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Photograph is dated 1952.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Cathedral High School - Football Teams
      Cathedral High School - Football Teams
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        • Description: A portrait of the Cathedral High School football team standing on the steps of the main entrance to the school. The photograph is dated 1947. Photo #2.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Christ the King School - First Communion
        Christ the King School - First Communion
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          • Description: Children with church clergy are assembled inside for a formal first communion group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #1 of 3 in this folder. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA09F05i22 and 33.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Christ the King School - First Communion
          Christ the King School - First Communion
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            • Description: Children with church clergy are assembled inside for a formal first communion group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #2 of 3 in this folder. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA09F05i22 and 33.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Christ the King School - First Communion
            Christ the King School - First Communion
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              • Description: Children with church clergy are assembled outside of Christ the King Church for a formal first communion group portrait. Photo #1 of 3 in this folder. Dated 1959.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Hi-Y Clubs
              Hi-Y Clubs
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                • Description: Burlington Junior Hi-Y Club boys' basketball team 1944-1945 with coaches. Photo #4.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Piano - Recitals
                Piano - Recitals
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                  • Date Created: 1952
                  • Description: Group photo. dated 1952, of a young piano studio at the time of their recital, with girls wearing long formal gowns and the boys in jackets and ties. Name of the piano studio and/or its instructor unknown.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
                  Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                    • Date Created: 1935-1936
                    • Description: Over exposed 1935 / 1936 winter photo of a group of well-dressed, influential men standing in front of an airplane, presumably at Burlington Int'l Airport. On the left is a delivery truck owned by Railway Express Agency, which had headquarters at 111 St. Paul St., Burlington. The City Directory lists Herbert E. Fitch as agent. Also on the left: a boy with his dog that lays on a crate with sign "Live Dog". Occasion and purpose of photo unknown.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Saint Stephen's
                    Saint Stephen's
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                      • Date Created: 1949
                      • Description: 1949 photo of the St. Stephen's parish baseball team and coaches, taken outside the church in Winooski. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs