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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Cathedral High School - Basketball
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    • Date Created: 1953
    • Description: 1953 Cathedral High School boys' basketball team. Photo #1.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Cathedral High School - Basketball
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      • Date Created: 1956
      • Description: 1956 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team with coach and two younger boys. Photo #25.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Cathedral High School - Basketball
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        • Date Created: 1956
        • Description: 1956 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team. Photo #24.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Cathedral High School - Basketball
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          • Description: 1957 photo with five members of the Cathedral High School boys' basketball team with coach. Photo #46.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Cathedral High School - Basketball
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            • Date Created: 1953
            • Description: 1953 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team in the school gymnasium with coaches. Photo #2.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            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


              Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
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                • Description: Boys of the Cathedral High School cheerleading squad posing on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Photograph is dated 1951. Photo #22.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                First Congregational Church - Organizations
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                  • Description: Teacher Mr. Henry Paulus standing with several young boys, some dressed in their Junior Choir robes. Sunday School class located in Pilgrim House (demolished in 1960s). Photo #7.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Kamp Kill Kare
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                    • Description: Boys enjoy watching a group of rabbits outside on the grounds of Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Little League Baseball
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                      • Date Created: 1961
                      • Description: 1961 group portrait of the Burlington Twins little league boys baseball team. Photo #1. Lafayette
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs