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 - Football
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    • Description: 1935-1936 BHS football team outside on the steps of Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School). Milton L. Hard, front row far left.
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    Burlington High School - Football
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      • Description: 1949 Burlington High School football game.
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      Burlington High School - Football
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        • Date Created: 1935/1936
        • Description: 1935-1936 Burlington High School football team outside on the steps of Edmunds High School building. Milton L. Hard front row far left. Photo #3.
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        Burlington High School - Football
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          • Description: 1949 Burlington High School football game.
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          Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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            • Description: 1955 photo of George Hagar, vice-president of Hagar Hardware & Paint Company and his daughter, Harriet, a Burlington High School student. Photo appears in the 1955 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 135.
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            Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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              • Date Created: 1953/1954
              • Description: 1953/1954 Heidi Wallenfels and Miss Cora Hutchins, Debating coach. Heidi holds a trophy. Another stands on the floor. Photo appears in the BHS yearbook 1954, Oread, p. 47.
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              Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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                • Description: 1950s photo of Burlington High School machine shop.
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                Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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                  • Description: 1950s photo of an older and young man in a business office. May have been taken for a high school yearbook. Names and location unknown.
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                  Burlington High School - Musical Events
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                    • Description: 1961 group portrait of an adult musical assemble in robes with orchestra at Burlington High School on the stage at Edmunds.
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                    Burlington High School - Orchestra
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                      • Date Created: 1954
                      • Description: 1954 BHS orchestra under the direction of Mr. Lyman C. Hurd, III Oread, yearbook, p. 83.
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