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.
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1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #24.
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1947 Milton High School student class picture with school banner. Photo #16.
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1946 Milton High School class picture. Girl in back row, 2nd from left has P. B. on her blouse. Could this be Phyllis Rosemary Barrett (Class of 1949)?
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1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #30.
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1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #5.
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1946 Milton High School class picture. The boy 2nd row from the back 2nd from left is Donald Ira Chamberlin (Class of 1949) and Agnes Anne Rowley (2nd row from the front 2nd from left (also Class of 1949) Photo #3.
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1946 Milton High School class picture.
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1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #27.
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1945 Milton High School class picture.
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1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #28.
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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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1946 Milton High School graduates. Photo #2.
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1945 Milton High School graduates with male faculty member.
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1947 Milton High School graduates.
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1946 Milton High School graduates with male faculty member. Photo #3.
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1947 Milton High School graduates.