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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- Burlington High School - Orchestra
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1954-1956 Burlington High School student orchestra.
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- Burlington High School - Orchestra
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1954 Four BHS student officers of the BHS Music Dept. gather around a piano. Photo appears in the 1954 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 131.
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- Burlington High School - Rifle Club
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1956 photo of the Burlington High School Rifle Club with Coach Edward A. Keenan. Photo #2. A version of this photo appears in the 1956 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 65.
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- Burlington High School - Rifle Club
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1956 photo of the Burlington High School Rifle Club with Coach Edward A. Keenan. Photo #1. Photo appears in the 1956 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 65.
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- Burlington High School - Rifle Club
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1956 photo of the Burlington High School Rifle Club with Coach Edward A. Keenan. Photo #3. A version of this photo appears in the 1956 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 65.
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- Burlington High School - Rifle Club
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1955 BHS Rifle Club with Mr. Ed Keenan, coach. See BHS 1955 yearbook, p. 79.
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- Burlington High School - Rifle Club
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1955 BHS Rifle Club with Mr. Ed Keenan, coach. See BHS 1955 yearbook, Oread, p. 79.
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- Burlington High School - Rifle Club
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Undated photo of the Burlington High School Rifle Club with coach. Photo #7.
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- Burlington High School - Rifle Club
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Undated photo of the Burlington High School Rifle Club with Coach Edward A. Keenan. Photo #8.
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- Burlington High School - Theatricals
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Standing portrait photo of Jane Wakefield as Casilda from the February 16-17, 1955 BHS student musical operetta production by Gilbert and Sullivan "The Gondoliers". Photo #4.
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- Burlington High School - Theatricals
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Seated portrait photo of Jane Wakefield as Casilda from the February 16-17, 1955 BHS student musical operetta production by Gilbert and Sullivan "The Gondoliers". Photo #5.
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- Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
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1954 photo of BHS Student Council president, Arnold St. Jean and teacher Miss Mildred E. Akins.
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- Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
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1955 photo of Susan Bates, BHS senior student, with Mr. George E. Little, Sr (seated) and George Little, Jr. of George Little Press of Burlington. March 1955 calendar on the wall far left.
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- Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
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1954 Mr. William S. Preston, Sr. with BHS student, Ann Kolk (business manager of the Oread) at the F. J. Preston & Son jewelry store in Burlington. Photo appears in the 1954 BHS Oread, p. 34, Advertisements section.
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- Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
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1954 photo of George E. Little, Sr. of George Little Press, seated at a desk with an open yearbook with George E. Little, Jr. leaning looking on. Left is Peter Upton, right is Roger Baker. A version of this photo appears in the BHS 1954 yearbook, Oread, p. 103, Advertisements section.
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- Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
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1954 photo of BHS senior student Peter Upton (left) with Mr. George 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 - Yearbook Staff
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1954 photo of Mr. George E. Little (seated) of George Little Press with Mr. George E. Little, Jr. and two BHS seniors (Roger Baker, left)
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- Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
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1954 BHS Student Council 1953/1954 with Miss Mildred E. Akins, adviser. Photo appears in the BHS 1954 yearbook, Oread, p. 76.
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- Burlington High School Band
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1945 Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) stand outside on the steps of Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont.
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- Burlington High School Band
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1946-1947 Portrait of the Burlington High School Band on the steps of Burlington Memorial Auditorium. Photo #1.