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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UVM - Housing (Temporary)
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- Description: Temporary housing units near main campus with a garden in the foreground. These preceded the construction of the Chittenden-Buckham-Wills dormitories and very likely accommodated GI's coming to UVM as part of the "GI Bill." Dated 1946 / 1947.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Newman Club
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of the UVM Newman Club, which today is known as the Catholic Center at UVM. Newman Clubs (named after John Henry Cardinal Newman) provided spiritual guidance and social activities to Catholic students at secular colleges. At the time of this photo, which appears in the 1953 Ariel (UVM yearbook), the home of the Newman Club was at 118 Pearl St. The priest pictured here is Fr. William R. Mulligan. Seated next to him is faculty adviser Catherine F. Nulty, a professor in the UVM Education department. Photo #46.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Alpha Chi Omega
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Sisters of Alpha Chi Omega sorority (residence: 384 Main St., Burlington, Vt.). A similar photo (mcalB20F22i08) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Alpha Delta Pi
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Sisters of Alpha Delta Pi (residence: 363 So. Willard St.). A similar photo (mcalB20F23i03) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Alpha Epsilon Phi
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Sisters of Alpha Epsilon Phi (residence: 158 So. Willard St.). A similar photo (mcalB20F24i05) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Delta Phi Epsilon
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Sisters of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority, who were active but not necessarily residents of a large house. This photo appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p.130.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Delta Delta Delta
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- Description: Sisters of Delta Delta Delta sorority (residence: 143 So. Willard St., Burlington, Vt. ).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes High School - Basketball
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- Description: Three members of the Vergennes High School Girls Basketball team.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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 #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes High School - Students & Faculty
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of faculty and students in front of Vergennes High School. The school was built in 1871, replaced by the union high school in 1959, and demolished in 1964.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs