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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1953/1954 Burlington High School photographer, Roger Baker, with camera and flash bulb attachment gets ready to take a photo of Miss Cora Hutchins, a Burlington High School senior high counselor, holding a telephone receiver and seated at a wooden desk in a school office. A drawer of index cards...
Show more1953/1954 Burlington High School photographer, Roger Baker, with camera and flash bulb attachment gets ready to take a photo of Miss Cora Hutchins, a Burlington High School senior high counselor, holding a telephone receiver and seated at a wooden desk in a school office. A drawer of index cards are on the desk. Behind may be a mimeograph machine. Taken in the Edmunds High School building. A cropped version of this photo appears on p. 20 of BHS yearbook Oread 1954.
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- Burlington High School Groups
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1954 photo of BHS senior student Peter Upton (left) with Mr. George E. Little, Sr. (seated) and George Little, Jr. of the George Little Press of Burlington. A version of this photo appears in the 1954 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 103, Advertisements section.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith (far left).
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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Group portrait of boys track team seated outside. Team's coach is in the center of the photo in suit and tie.
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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Group photo of boys varsity track team 1957. Taken outside Edmunds High School building (currently Edmunds Elementary School). A version of photo appears in the BHS yearbook Oread 1958 in the Sports section. All are named including Coach Carl Adams (back row in suit and tie) Photo #1.
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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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1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith, (far left).
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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. Photo #1.
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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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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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1947 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith. One member holds a trophy.
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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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Formal group portrait of the boys track team standing outside the Edmunds High School building. Two team members in the front hold trophies. Coach Carl Adams is in the back row in the center. (Several lookers-on can be seen in the window of the glass paneled doors behind the team). Probably taken...
Show moreFormal group portrait of the boys track team standing outside the Edmunds High School building. Two team members in the front hold trophies. Coach Carl Adams is in the back row in the center. (Several lookers-on can be seen in the window of the glass paneled doors behind the team). Probably taken for the BHS yearbook, Oread. Photo #1.
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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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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. See also mcalB03F21i09
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- Burlington High School Track Team
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Formal group portrait of the boys track team taken outside Edmunds High School building. Coach Carl Adams seen in the back row, center. Probably taken for the BHS yearbook, Oread. Photo #3.
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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.