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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Vergennes High School - Basketball
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    • Date Created: 1944-1945
    • Description: 1944 -1945 Vergennes High School girls basketball team, with coaches and school principal(?) in the gymnasium. A trophy is on the floor. Photo #2.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Winooski High School - Basketball - Class 'B' Champs
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      • Date Created: 1949
      • Description: 1949 Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team; Class B champions. Photo #3.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Winooski High School - Basketball (boys)
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        • Date Created: 1949-1950
        • Description: 1949 / 1950 Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team. Photo #4.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Cathedral High School Basketball Team, Burlington
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          • Date Created: 1956-1957
          • Description: Basketball team 1956 - 1957 of Cathedral High School. Formal photo of high school basketball team in uniform assembled in the gymnasium beneath the hoop. Appears in school yearbook, The Tower, 1957. James McKenzie (manager), Gary Farrell, Danny Clark, James Pratt, Robert Benoit, Charles Smith, John Gaudreau, Edward Couture, Al Guyette, Michael Pearo, Phil McKenzie, Royce Pollard (manager), Howard Gover (manager) Photo #32.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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            • Date Created: 1956
            • Description: 1956 group photo of Mount St. Mary's girls basketball team. School was located at 100 Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Athletics, unidentified
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              • Date Created: undated
              • Description: 8th grade Cathedral CYO team taken sometime during the 1956-1957 basketball season. bottom row (L to R): John Mahoney, Michel Thibault, Dayton Contois, John Henry, Michael Rivers, Louis Izzo, Clayton Fuller. top row (L to R): Coach Ray Tafrate, Harold Wimette, Paul King, Robert Carver, Michael Fargione, unidentified #17, Edward Mahoney, Craig Echo, unidentified # 6, unidentified. Photo # 2. See also mcalA01F04i24,mcalB03F08i16
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Bristol School -Basketball
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                • Description: 1945-1946 Bristol boys' 8th grade basketball team in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #5.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                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


                  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


                    Bristol School -Basketball
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                      • Date Created: 1945/1946
                      • Description: 1945-1946 Bristol School basketball players assemble for a group photo in front of the old high school. One holds a basketball with the number "7 & 8" Could these be 7th and 8th graders?
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs