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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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: A uniformed group of young women with a single five point star on their caps carry small American flags and stand on the steps of the Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. The troop's leader wears a different color cap but also carries a flag. Undated but may be 1920s or 1930s.
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Burlington High School Dramatic Productions
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- Description: Several actors and actresses (some of them older) stand on a dressed stage for a group portrait in a seated auditorium. A painted back drop curtain of a forest scene is behind them. An upright piano stands below the stage. Name of McAllister's studio embossed in the lower right.
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Allstate Band
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- Description: Vermont All State Band performing. Date unknown. Location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium. 1947
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Burlington High School
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of the gymnasium / auditorium at the old Burlington High School (currently Edmunds Elementary / Middle School) on South Union Street, Burlington, Vermont.
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Burlington High School - Auditorium
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- Description: Interior photo of the gymnasium / auditorium looking to the stage at the old Burlington High School (currently Edmunds Elementary School), Burlington, Vermont. Date may be 1951 when it was newly constructed.
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Burlington High School - Chorus
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- Description: Undated photo of large group of men and women in the Edmunds High School building auditorium. "BHS" seen above the stage. Burlington High School occupied the Edmunds building until 1964 when the new North Avenue BHS buildings were built. Photo #2.
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Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 Burlington High School senior play, "Don't Keep Him Waiting" performed in the Taft School auditorium. See 1952 BHS Oread for writeup. Photo #1.
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South Burlington Central School
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Strive for...") seen in the back. Photo #2. Undated. Image heavily spotted.
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Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1944 or 1945 photo of a large group of people on stage; women in long gowns, men in black bow ties and white jackets, Boy Scouts kneeling in front with a sailor.
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Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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- Description: Philco radio exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing radio sets for the home.
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