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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104 Burlington (Vt.). 86 Musical groups. 77 Bands (Music). 56 High school students. 48 Portrait photography. 37 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 25 College students. 25 Drum majorettes. 23 University of Vermont. 21 College teachers. 19 Girls. 14 Church buildings. 14 Orchestra. 14 Piano. 12 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 10 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 10 Gymnasiums. 9 Auditoriums. 9 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 8 Boys. 8 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 7 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Men. 5 Students. 5 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Buildings. 4 Children. 4 High school teachers. 4 Restaurants. 4 Street photography. 4 Young women. 3 Banners. 3 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Choruses. 3 Radio stations. 2 Actors. 2 Battery Park (Vt.). 2 Cake. 2 Camping. 2 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Middle school students. 2 Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.). 2 Minstrel shows. 2 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 2 Theaters. 2 Urban parks. 2 Veterans. 2 Women veterans. 2 Women. 2 Young men. 1 Barns. 1 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 1 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 1 Camps. 1 Chapels. 1 Choirs (Music). 1 Classrooms. 1 Dance. 1 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Fletcher Free Library. 1 High school buildings. 1 High school students -- Dramatic production. 1 Interior architecture. 1 Monuments. 1 Nuns. 1 Priests. 1 Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Soldiers. 1 St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Statues. 1 Tap dancers. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 1 Weddings. 1 Worship programs.

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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 - Orchestra
    Burlington High School - Orchestra
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      • Description: 1954 BHS orchestra with Mr. Lyman C. Hurd, III, Head of Music Department.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Burlington High School - Orchestra
      Burlington High School - Orchestra
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        • Date Created: 1961
        • Description: 1961 photo of an orchestra assembled on stage at the BHS (Edmunds) auditorium. Photo #4.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington High School - Orchestra
        Burlington High School - Orchestra
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          • Description: 1961 choral and string student high school musical groups gathered for what looks like a rehearsal. Location is the old Edmunds High School auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Photo #3.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington High School - Orchestra
          Burlington High School - Orchestra
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            • Description: 1961 Three young musicians, a violinist, pianist, clarinet or oboe player, seated with their instruments. Location Burlington High School (Edmunds High School building) auditorium, Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington High School - Orchestra
            Burlington High School - Orchestra
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              • Description: 1954 Four BHS student officers of the BHS Music Dept. gather around a piano. Photo appears in the 1954 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 131.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Cathedral High School - Band
              Cathedral High School - Band
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                • Description: Ca. 1946 photo (not identical to group in mcalB06F23i05) of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), assembled in front of the south entrance to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Cathedral High School - Band
                Cathedral High School - Band
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                  • Date Created: 1944
                  • Description: 1944 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), assembled in front of the Pearl St. entrance of the high school. Photo #15.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Musical Ensembles
                  Musical Ensembles
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                    • Date Created: 1949-1950
                    • Description: 1949 / 1950 photo of an orchestra / chorus group assembled on stage of what may be the Burlington Memorial Auditorium. Photo #1.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Piano - Recitals
                    Piano - Recitals
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                      • Date Created: 1952
                      • Description: 1952 photo of twin sisters bowing after their piano recital, a moment very likely re-created by the photographer.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs