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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Miniature of Vergennes High School - Basketball
Vergennes High School - Basketball
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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: 1945 photo of 5 members of the Vergennes High School boys basketball team in the school gymnasium. (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.)
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Veterans of Foreign Wars
    Veterans of Foreign Wars
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      • Date Created: 1952
      • Description: 1952 photo of a VFW Christmas event, very likely at Memorial Auditorium. Men and women wearing garrison caps with veterans' insignia are seated and standing for a portrait, with Santa Claus and a Christmas tree in the background.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Rice Memorial High School
      Rice Memorial High School
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        • Date Created: undated
        • Description: Small group of high school students, seated for a group photo in the Rice High School gym.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Vergennes High School - Basketball
        Vergennes High School - Basketball
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          • Date Created: 1943-1944
          • Description: 1943 -1944 Vergennes High School boys basketball team, with coaching and management staff, in the school gymnasium. (Vergennes High School was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union Hgh School, and demolished in 1964.) Photo #1.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Vergennes High School - Basketball
          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
            Miniature of Winooski High School - Basketball (boys)
            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
              Miniature of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Events
              Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Events
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                • Description: Another view of the stage in the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. The huge banner across the front of the state reads Happy Birthday. Two American flags are flank the face of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. To the left is a replica of a huge birthday cake suspended from the rafters. Many American flags hang from the rafters and along the sides of the room. 1930s - 1940s
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of UVM Groups
                UVM Groups
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                  • Description: Undated photo of banquet in the old gymnasium (which is now the Physical Plant building and Royall Tyler Theatre), held probably on a reunion weekend or at graduation. Floor seems to be a hard dirt surface.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of UVM Groups
                  UVM Groups
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                    • Description: Large assembly, perhaps a commencement gathering, in the campus gymnasium, which is now the Royall Tyler Theatre (identified by the large arched windows facing south). Event and date of photo unknown, but ladies hat styles have a decidedly late 1920s-early 1930s look.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Burlington High School - Auditorium
                    Burlington High School - Auditorium
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                      • Description: View from the balcony looking toward the stage in the gymnasium / auditorium at the old Burlington High School (currently Edmunds Elementary School) located at corner of Main and South Union Streets. Date may be 1951 when it was newly constructed.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs