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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Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
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- Description: 1947 Eight BHS cheerleaders with large megaphones pose in front of Edmunds, the high school building that housed Burlington High School. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Chorus
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- Description: 1952-1960 Photo of BHS chorus. A large banner "Merry Christmas" is stretched across the stage curtain. Location is the auditorium at Edmunds High School building where Burlington High School was held. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Football
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- Description: 1948 Burlington High School football game.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Football
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 high school football players with coach. Milton L. Hard, center.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Football
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- Description: 1949 Burlington High School football game.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Date Created: 1955
- Description: 1955 photo of George Hagar, vice-president of Hagar Hardware & Paint Company and his daughter, Harriet.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Description: June Hoose, Lorelei Palmer and Mr. Bernard Smith, teacher of Salesmanship and Merchandising at BHS. Photo appears in 1954 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 73.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Description: Mr. William S. Preston, Jr of F. J. Preston & Son (jewelers) with two BHS students. They look at a selection of dining silverware. Undated but may be 1950s.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Description: 1950s photo taken in a business office of an older and younger man. Probably taken for a high school yearbook. Names and location unknown.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Description: Karl L. Buck?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs