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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Starters for the Cathedral High School basketball team 1956 - 1957. Formal photo of the team in uniform in the gymnasium. Hoop in background. Photo appears in the school yearbook, The Tower, 1957, on p. 82. Danny Clark, Al Guyette, Robert Benoit, Charles Smith, John Gaudreau, Phil McKenzie, Gary...
Show moreStarters for the Cathedral High School basketball team 1956 - 1957. Formal photo of the team in uniform in the gymnasium. Hoop in background. Photo appears in the school yearbook, The Tower, 1957, on p. 82. Danny Clark, Al Guyette, Robert Benoit, Charles Smith, John Gaudreau, Phil McKenzie, Gary Farrell. Photo #34.
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Basketball team 1956 - 1957 of Cathedral High School. Formal photo of high school basketball team in uniform assembled in the gymnasium beneath the hoop. Appears in school yearbook, The Tower, 1957. James McKenzie (manager), Gary Farrell, Danny Clark, James Pratt, Robert Benoit, Charles Smith,...
Show moreBasketball team 1956 - 1957 of Cathedral High School. Formal photo of high school basketball team in uniform assembled in the gymnasium beneath the hoop. Appears in school yearbook, The Tower, 1957. James McKenzie (manager), Gary Farrell, Danny Clark, James Pratt, Robert Benoit, Charles Smith, John Gaudreau, Edward Couture, Al Guyette, Michael Pearo, Phil McKenzie, Royce Pollard (manager), Howard Gover (manager) Photo #32.
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Show more1959 photo of the baseball team for the Cathedral High School, directed by Coach Tom Alberico, that appears in the 1959 year book, Tower Echoes, p. 87. Front row, left to right, Moe LaFrance, Cliff Pashby, Mike McKenzie, Tom Gabbeitt, Ron Grenon, Tom Henry, Jerry Premo. 2nd row: Gerry Grenon, Russ Tilley, Bob Polworth, Mike Thibault, Dan Navin, Warren Ellis. 3rd row: Coach Tom Alberico, Louie Izzo, John Cross, Tom O'Connor, Ray Houle, Mat Quinn, Matthew Halpin.
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