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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167 Burlington (Vt.). 161 Portrait photography. 61 High school students. 46 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 36 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 35 Girls. 32 College students. 32 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 26 College teachers. 22 Church buildings. 22 Gymnasiums. 21 Children. 18 Young women. 17 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 17 Middlebury (Vt.). 17 Middlebury College. 17 Weddings. 16 Bridegrooms. 16 Brides. 16 High school athletes. 16 High school buildings. 16 Men. 16 Nuns. 15 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 14 Students. 12 Basketball. 12 Women. 11 Choruses. 11 Family. 9 Buildings. 9 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Musicians. 8 College graduates. 7 Auditoriums. 7 Bands (Music). 7 Women veterans. 6 House furnishings. 6 Infants. 6 Priests. 6 School sports. 6 Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States. 5 Boys. 5 Christmas greens. 5 Drum majorettes. 5 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 5 High school students -- Dramatic production. 5 Marriage. 5 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Actors. 4 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 4 Interior architecture. 4 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 4 Order of the Eastern Star Grand Chapter of Vermont. 4 Restaurants. 4 University of Vermont. 3 Cake. 3 Cheerleading. 3 Employees. 3 High school graduates. 3 Rifles. 3 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 2 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Class reunions. 2 Classrooms. 2 Dolls. 2 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 2 Machinery. 2 Musical groups. 2 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Piano. 2 Reunions. 2 St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Statues. 2 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 2 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 2 Veterans. 2 Young men. 1 Athletics. 1 Baseball. 1 Camping. 1 Camps. 1 Chapels. 1 Dance recitals. 1 Dwellings. 1 First communion. 1 Furniture. 1 High school teachers. 1 Mater Christi School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Offices. 1 School children. 1 Service stations. 1 South Burlington Central School (Vt.). 1 Toys.

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Miniature of Burlington High School Band
Burlington High School Band
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    • Date Created: 1956
    • Description: 1956 Cathedral High School band majorettes. An altered version of this photo appears in the CHS yearbook, Tower 1956. Pictured are Sally Van Sleet, Captain ; Elizabeth Daley, Pauline McCarthy, Anita Handy, Maureen Barber, Sandra Sinclair, Claire Paris, Lois Crady, Janet Dion, Janet Limoges, Rita Michaud. See also mcalA08F08i27
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    Miniature of Cathedral High School, Burlington
    Cathedral High School, Burlington
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      • Date Created: 1956
      • Description: 1956 Freshman Chorus gathered onto gymnasium bleachers into two groups with a center divide for formal photo. Girls are in the front dressed in school uniforms; boys are in the back rows. A select group of girls stand in front of the rest each standing on either side of the center divide. Photo numbered 10. Taken for the school yearbook, Tower 1956.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of McAllister Memorabilia
      McAllister Memorabilia
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        • Date Created: 1956-1957
        • Description: 1956/1957 photo of wooden link chains that McAllister carved from broom handles displayed hanging in his cellar at 47 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. See also mcalB10F21i11
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
        Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
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          • Date Created: 1956
          • Description: Dated 1956. Group photo of large group of students attending Russian Summer School at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. Same group as mcalA13F10i01
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Weddings
          Weddings
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            • Date Created: 1956-08-25
            • Description: August 25, 1956. Bride Betty Phillips and groom R. Chandler Blodgett, Jr. begin to cut into their wedding cake at the wedding reception. They are in Fellowship Hall on the ground floor of First Baptist Church, Burlington, Vermont. The heavy wooden sliding doors with windows behind them closed off the chapel. Betty was a member of the church.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington High School Band
            Burlington High School Band
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              • Description: Fall 1956 - Summer 1957 Burlington High School band assembled outside on the steps of Burlington Memorial Auditorium. Photo #1.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Burlington High School - Musical Events
              Burlington High School - Musical Events
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                • Date Created: 1956/1957
                • Description: 1956/1957 photo of a large mixed choral group performing at Burlington High School on stage in the Edmunds auditorium.
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                Miniature of Cathedral High School
                Cathedral High School
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                  • Description: 1956 group photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #3.
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                  Miniature of Cathedral High School
                  Cathedral High School
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                    • Description: 1956 class photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #5.
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                    Miniature of Cathedral High School
                    Cathedral High School
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                      • Date Created: 1956
                      • Description: 1956 class photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #4.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs