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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Dance Recitals
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- Description: A young girl in knee length dress, white gloves and garland headband, tap dance shoes stands between two boys in suit jackets, bow ties and straw hats. Their image is reflected in a wall mirror. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance. Photo 28.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals
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- Description: Judy Meachum and her partner are dressed in dance recital outfits and tap dance shoes. They stand beside a wall mirror in which their image is reflected. He wears a suit and top hat. She wears a short skirt outfit, top hat and her hair in long ringlets. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1957-61. Photo 3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals
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- Description: Donna Sousie (center) appears on stage with two fellow dancers in a dance recital with a Valentine theme. Donna sits before a large backdrop with a heart shape design upon it. They all wear knee length party dresses with floral trim. Location Lyman C Hunt Middle School, Burlington, Vermont taken circa 1957-61. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Photo 2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 photo. Several young women dancers strike a pose holding arched flowered garlands above their heads. They wear ankle length gowns and gloves. They stand on a stepped dais with a curtain backdrop. Location is the stage at Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington, Vermont. Photo 29
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals
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- Description: Judy Meachum and her partner in their ballerina dance recital outfits beside a large wall mirror. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 39.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: Four young tap dancers in horse like dance recital costumes. Left to right are Linda Ploof, Karen Sousie, Gail Critchlow, Penny Fontaine. A feather plume rises from between the ears of their animal head covering. A long dark colored "tail" extends from half way down their backs. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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- Description: Geraldine Foisy, a young tap dancer raises an arm above her head and strikes a pose in her organdy and stripe patterned dance recital outfit. Student of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, located in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1955-56. Photo taken at 138 No. Winooski Ave. Photo 37
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM Kake Walk
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- Date Created: 1929-02
- Description: 32nd annual Kake Walk. University of Vermont. Feb. 22-23, 1929. Signed by McAllister, no. 3. Ten couples (all male), representing campus fraternities, competed in a blackface entertainment known as "walkin' fo' de kake."
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals
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- Description: Eight young girls line up in party dresses and tap dance shoes in front of a wall mirror probably in a dance studio. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56. Students of Lorette Sousie at the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located on North Ave in Burlington. Photo 31.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dance Recitals
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- Description: Twelve young women line up, hands on hips, legs extended in a dance studio or rehearsal hall. They wear tap dance recital outfits and tap shoes. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance on North Ave in Burlington. Photo 15.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs