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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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1957 photo of Cathedral High School girls' basketball team in the school gymnasium. Photo #28.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1945 Cathedral High School girls' basketball team. Photo #21.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1956 photo of Cathedral High School girls' basketball team. Photo #36.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1946 Cathedral High School girls' basketball team. Photo #3.
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- Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
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Girls of the Cathedral High School cheerleading squad posing in the Cathedral High School gymnasium. Photograph is dated 1956. Photo #33.
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- Cathedral High School, Burlington
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1956 majorettes formal photo standing on wooden steps arranged in a "V" formation. An altered version of this photo appears in the school yearbook, Tower 1956. Photo #30. Sally Van Sleet, Captain ; Elizabeth Daley, Pauline McCarthy, Anita Handy, Maureen Barber, Sandra Sinclair, Claire Paris, Lois...
Show more1956 majorettes formal photo standing on wooden steps arranged in a "V" formation. An altered version of this photo appears in the school yearbook, Tower 1956. Photo #30. Sally Van Sleet, Captain ; Elizabeth Daley, Pauline McCarthy, Anita Handy, Maureen Barber, Sandra Sinclair, Claire Paris, Lois Crady, Janet Dion, Janet Limoges, Rita Michaud.
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- Christ the King School - First Communion
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Children with church clergy are assembled outside of Christ the King Church for a formal first communion group portrait. Photo #1 of 2 in this folder. Dated Fall 1951 to Spring 1952.
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- Christ the King School - First Communion
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Children with church clergy are assembled inside for a formal first communion group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #3 of 3 in this folder. Undated. 1950s? Same...
Show moreChildren with church clergy are assembled inside for a formal first communion group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #3 of 3 in this folder. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA09F05i22 and 33.
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- Christ the King School - First Communion
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Children with church clergy are assembled inside for a formal first communion group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #2 of 3 in this folder. Undated. 1950s? Same...
Show moreChildren with church clergy are assembled inside for a formal first communion group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #2 of 3 in this folder. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA09F05i22 and 33.
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Children with church clergy are assembled inside for a formal first communion group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #1 of 3 in this folder. Undated. 1950s? Same...
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- Congregational Church - Choirs
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Undated photo of a youth choir of the First Congregational Church. Dressed in choir robes and assembled in one of the many rooms at First Church, the group is mostly girls with the typical short supply of boys (7-to-1 ratio), who nevertheless convey a good deal of enthusiasm. Photo #15.
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- Dance Recitals
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1952 photo of a young ballerina posing next to a piano.
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- Dance Recitals
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1951 photo of young tap dancers posing for their portrait. Photo 1.
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- Dance Recitals
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1951 photo of young tap dancers posing for their portrait. Photo 2.
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- Dance Recitals - Unidentified
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