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
Show less
Related Archival Collection
Pages
- Title
- Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
- Description
-
June 12, 1928. View of the new Winooski bridge concrete supports looking toward the Burlington side and Colchester Ave.
- Title
- Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
- Description
-
July 3, 1928. Rebar is in place as construction of the new Winooski Bridge continues throughout the summer. View is looking toward Winooski.
- Title
- Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
- Description
-
Reconstruction of the Winooski Bridge after it was destroyed in the 1927 flood. Seen here is one of the new supports. In the background is one of the mills.
- Title
- Winooski Bridge Repair
- Description
-
June 2, 1943. On the Winooski Bridge under repair. Champlain Mill to the right. View toward Winooski.
- Title
- Winooski Bridge Repair
- Description
-
1952 Winooski Bridge repair work in progress. View is looking toward Winooski.
- Title
- Winooski Bridge Repair
- Description
-
June 2, 1943. On the Winooski Bridge under repair. Traffic still flows on one side. Center section of bridge dug up. View toward Winooski.
- Title
- Winooski Bridge Repair
- Description
-
August 24, 1945. Winooski Bridge repair with view looking toward Winooski. On the far right is the Champlain Mill. Looking toward Winooski.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Chorus
- Description
-
1949 photo of several Winooski High School students. Seen is one girl wearing a cardigan sweater with a lyre emblem badge. Photo #4.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Chorus
- Description
-
1952 photo of the Winooski High School girls' chorus with banner and choral director. The girls wear choral robes. Photo #4.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Chorus
- Description
-
1949 photo of several Winooski High School students. Seen is one girl wearing a cardigan sweater with lyre emblem badge. Photo #3.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Class Pictures
- Description
-
Undated (Oct. 1952?) photo of what appears to be a home economics class at Winooski High School, with stylish bobby-soxers in aprons cooking, and washing and drying dishes. A poster on the right proclaims: IT'S FUN TO SEW.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Class Pictures
- Description
-
Dated October 1952. Photo of students at Winooski High School "hanging" in front of the school entrance. (Perhaps an arranged "candid" shot?)
- Title
- Winooski High School - Class Pictures
- Description
-
Oct. 1952 photo of a student and the school guidance counselor, who is pointing at a pamphlet titled "Engineering As A Career." This may have been taken for the school yearbook, along with the other class photos.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Class Pictures
- Description
-
Undated Winooski High School classroom with teacher and students. Here students face the camera while at their desks. May be for one of the school's yearbooks. Photo #28.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Class Pictures
- Description
-
Undated Winooski High School classroom with teacher and students. Typing class. May be for one of the school's yearbooks.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Class Pictures
- Description
-
October 1952. [see dated photo mcalB22F25i08] "Candid" moment of students socializing in front of Winooski High School.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Class Pictures
- Description
-
Undated photo (Oct. 1952?) of students in a classroom at Winooski High School. History? Civics? The unfinished portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart hangs just above the blackboard. Photo #16.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Class Pictures
- Description
-
Oct. 1952 photo of a typing class at Winooski High School. Students are working on exercises as an instructor checks their progress. Class is taken predominantly by girls, mindful perhaps of their career opportunities.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Class Pictures
- Description
-
Undated photo (but likely late 1940s, early '50s) of a class at Winooski High School. The building at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. served as the high school from 1912 until 1960. A small sign to the right of the entrance states that it is a Standard School.
- Title
- Winooski High School - Class Pictures
- Description
-
October 1952 [see mcalB22F25i08]. Candid shot of some Winooski High School students socializing in front of the school. The school closed in 1960; a modern building was constructed in 1959, when many other districts were building new union high schools.