Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Collection Overview
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)...
Show moreLouis 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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- Burlington High School Groups
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Photo of Miss Marjorie B. Adams and her French class at Burlington High School (held in the Edmunds High School building). Teacher and students stand in front of a black board with French text "Cette classe est la plus intelligente de ..." Photo was cropped and appears in BHS year book Oread 1954...
Show morePhoto of Miss Marjorie B. Adams and her French class at Burlington High School (held in the Edmunds High School building). Teacher and students stand in front of a black board with French text "Cette classe est la plus intelligente de ..." Photo was cropped and appears in BHS year book Oread 1954, p. 50.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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1954 photo of Sarsfield McNulty and Coach Mr. Eugene J. Healey of the BHS Cross-Country team. Photo appears in the 1954 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 37.
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- Cathedral High School
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1956 group photo of Cathedral High School students and a faculty member. Probably taken for the school year book. Photo #22
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- Cathedral High School - Band
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1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind...
Show more1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind the photographer. Photo no. 3?
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- Cathedral High School - Faculty
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A portrait of Cathedral High School faculty members. Photograph dated 1957. Photo #36.
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- Cathedral High School - Faculty
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A second pose for a portrait of Cathedral High School faculty members. Photograph dated 1957. Photo #35.
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- Cathedral High School - Faculty
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A second pose for a portrait of the faculty of Cathedral High School taken at the Pearl Street entrance to the school. The photograph is dated summer 1937. Photo #2.
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- Cathedral High School - Faculty
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A portrait of the faculty of Cathedral High School taken at the Pearl Street entrance to the school. The photograph is dated summer 1937. Photo #1.
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- Cathedral High School - Orchestra
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1957 photo of the Cathedral High School orchestra, with conductor Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) in the back row, left. A good balance of strings, woodwinds, and brass present, including a piano and sousaphone. Location is perhaps a ballroom with a stage. Ceiling appears decorated, and background...
Show more1957 photo of the Cathedral High School orchestra, with conductor Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) in the back row, left. A good balance of strings, woodwinds, and brass present, including a piano and sousaphone. Location is perhaps a ballroom with a stage. Ceiling appears decorated, and background is a forest scene.
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- Cathedral High School - Orchestra
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1957 photo of the Cathedral High School orchestra, with conductor Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) in the back row, left. A good balance of strings, woodwinds, and brass present, including a piano and sousaphone. Location is perhaps a ballroom with a stage. Ceiling appears decorated, and background...
Show more1957 photo of the Cathedral High School orchestra, with conductor Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) in the back row, left. A good balance of strings, woodwinds, and brass present, including a piano and sousaphone. Location is perhaps a ballroom with a stage. Ceiling appears decorated, and background is a forest scene. Photo #2.
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- Milton High School - Class Pictures
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1946 Milton High School class picture with two faculty members ; identified is Martha Helen Horican (middle row 3rd from left) and Agnes Anne Rowley (middle row, 2nd from right) Photo #11.
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- Milton High School - Class Pictures
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1946 Milton High School student class picture with male faculty member. Photo #8.
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- Milton High School - Class Pictures
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1946 Milton school student class picture. Photo #8.
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- Milton High School - Class Pictures
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1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #29.
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- Milton High School - Class Pictures
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1946 Milton High School class picture with two faculty members ; identified is Martha Helen Horican (middle row 3rd from left) and Agnes Anne Rowley (middle row, 2nd from right)
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- Milton High School - Class Pictures
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1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #30.
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- Milton High School - Faculty
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1945 Milton High School faculty. Photo #31.
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- Milton High School - Graduates
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1947 Milton High School graduates with male faculty member.
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- Milton High School - Graduates
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1945 Milton High School graduates with male faculty member.
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- Milton High School - Graduates
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1946 Milton High School graduates with male faculty member. Photo #3.