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.
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UVM - Fraternities - Phi Delta Theta
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- Description: Members of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, with house at 439 College St., Burlington, Vt. Dated 1951. Photo #13.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Fraternities - Sigma Phi Epsilon
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- Description: Brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon, with a house at 371 Main St., Burlington, Vt. A similar photo (mcalB20F02i01) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook. Photo #28.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Fraternities - Theta Chi
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- Description: Brothers of Theta Chi, with a house at 170 Spruce St. This photo appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p. 145. Photo #37.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Groups
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of men and women of varying ages assembled outside on the steps of Waterman Building on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington, Vt. Photo #6.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - ROTC Band
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- Description: The UVM ROTC Band (aka "Co-ed Band"). Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. Women were allowed to join the band when the war effort drew away so many male musicians. Here, all but a few band members are women. Dated 1945. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - ROTC Band
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- Description: The UVM ROTC Band (aka "Co-ed Band") in formation in front of the Billings Library. Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. Photo dated 1953.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - School of Nursing
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 portrait photo of large group of nurses assembled on the west side of City Hall in Burlington, Vt. Some appear to be wearing military uniforms, ready for wartime service directly after nursing school.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - School of Nursing
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- Description: Group of UVM School of Nursing students, probably at graduation time, wearing capes neatly draped to display crisp white uniforms. Location is Ira Allen Chapel. Dated 1945.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Alpha Delta Pi
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- Description: Sisters of Alpha Delta Pi (residence: 363 So. Willard St.). This photo appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p. 126.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Sororities - Alpha Epsilon Phi
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- Description: Sisters of Alpha Epsilon Phi (residence: 158 So. Willard St.).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs