Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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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.
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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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- Burlington High School Track Team
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1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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1957 / 1958 group photo of boys track team. Second from left in back row (in suit and tie) is Coach Carl Adams. Taken outside Edmunds High School building (currently Edmunds Elementary School). Probably taken for the BHS yearbook, Oread. Photo #4.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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Undated photo of BHS track team with Coach Carl Adams. Photo #2.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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1956/1957 BHS track team with Coach Carl Adams and Assistant Coach Bill Bull. Two members each hold a trophy. A version of this photo appears in the BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 68.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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1956/1957 BHS track team with Coach Carl Adams and Assistant Coach Bill Bull. Two members each hold a trophy. A version of this photo appears in the BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 68. Photo #2.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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1947 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith. One member holds a trophy. Photo #2.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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1944 BHS track team outside on the steps of BHS (Edmunds building).
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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Undated photo of BHS track team with Coach Carl Adams. Photo #1.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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Group photo of boys track team standing on the steps outside the Edmunds High School building. Two trophies are held by two of the team members. In the back row center are the coaches. Coach Carl Adams is second from the left. Photo #3.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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1945 BHS track team.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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1948-1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith. One member holds two trophies.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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1945 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith.
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- Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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Undated photo no. 22 of a girls' soft ball team in dress uniform kneeling on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, a girls' summer camp located in Grand Isle, Vermont run by the Sisters of Mercy, a Catholic Order. The camp operated from 1957 to 1993. Photo #22.
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- Cathedral High School
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1957 photo of male Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium for a group picture. School basketball team? Photo #45.
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- Cathedral High School - Baseball
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1949-1950 photo of Cathedral High School uniformed baseball team with coach standing outside on the steps of the school.
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- Cathedral High School - Baseball
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1946 photo of the Cathedral High School uniformed baseball team standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Team members in the front row hold baseball gloves. Photo #17
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- Cathedral High School - Baseball
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1942 photo of Cathedral High School uniformed baseball team with coach standing outside on the steps of the school for a group picture. The word "Cathedral" is lettered across the front of the uniform shirts. Photo #11.
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- Cathedral High School - Baseball
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1949-1950 photo of the Cathedral High School uniformed baseball team standing outside on the steps of the school. Some players hold baseball gloves. Glass plate negative appears cracked. Same boys as seen in mcalB06F26i10.
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- Cathedral High School - Baseball
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1957 photo of the Cathedral High School uniformed baseball team standing outside on the steps of the school. Some sports equipment is on the pavement in front of them. Photo #1