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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Richmond High School
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    • Date Created: undated
    • Description: Richmond High School baseball team. Undated.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Saint Michael's College - Groups
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      • Date Created: undated
      • Description: A group of men in white jackets (associated with Saint Michael's College?, students?) pose for a portrait in a large open room. Photo 26.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      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


        School Groups - Unidentified
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          • Date Created: circa 1945
          • Description: Ca. 1945 photo of a group of students gathered outside a school, presumably, for a portrait. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #2.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          School Groups - Unidentified
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            • Date Created: circa 1945
            • Description: Ca. 1945 photo of 4 students, perhaps class officers, standing outside their school for a portrait. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #10.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Sewer Projects (Burlington, VT)
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              • Date Created: 1935-10-09 00:00:00
              • Description: October 9, 1935 view of intersection of Route 7 (Shelburne Road or Street) and bottom of Ledge Road as it ascends up hill to the east. City street dept workmen do road or sewer construction. A dept. truck supplies power.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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                • Date Created: 1956-1957
                • Description: 1956/1957. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. A group of women, students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo. Photo #2.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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                  • Date Created: 1948-1949
                  • Description: 1948/1949. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located at 73 Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. A group of women, graduates of the local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo. Photo #1.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  South Burlington Central School
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                    • Date Created: 1959
                    • Description: 1959. A large group of men and women gather inside a wood paneled room (jukebox and stage behind) for a group photo. Burlington residents, Bea and Bob Earnshaw are seated in the front row far right. Photo #3. See also mcalA15F04i08
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    State Health Building Construction (Burlington, VT)
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                      • Date Created: 1952
                      • Description: 1952 construction site photo of State Health Building being built. Listed as 115 Colchester Ave. in 1954 city directory (currently 195 Colchester Ave.). Newly built Mary Fletcher Hospital seen to the center right in background.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs