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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(Duplicate of mcalB19F21i08) Class of 1920 at their 30th (or 31st) reunion, assembled on the UVM Green with Williams Science Hall in the background (left).
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(Duplicate of mcalB19F21i05) Class of 1908 gathered in front of Waterman Building at their 50th reunion. Photo appears in July, 1958 alumni quarterly. Men in front are holding a cake, a trophy cup, and wearing special caps (perhaps in honor Kake Walk?).
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Possibly the Class of 1923 at their 35th reunion in 1958, gathered in front of the Waterman Building.
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- UVM - Class Reunions
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Class of 1920 at their 30th (or 31st) reunion, assembled on the UVM Green with Williams Science Hall in the background (left).
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Class of 1933 reunion group gathered in front of the Waterman Building at their 25th reunion. Photo appears in the July 1958 edition of the Vermont Alumni Quarterly. Photo #2.
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(Duplicate of mcalB19F21i04) Possibly the Class of 1923 at their 35th reunion in 1958, gathered in front of the Waterman Building. Photo #3.
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- UVM - Class Reunions
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Class of 1920 at their 30th (or 31st) reunion, assembled on the UVM Green with Williams Science Hall in the background (left).
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- UVM - Class Reunions
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(Duplicate of mcalB19F21i11) Class of 1932, assembled near the Waterman Building. Probably a 1957 photo of their 25th reunion.
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If the man in the front row, far left is Arthur L. Chapman, whose Junior portrait appears in the 1927 Ariel, this is the Class of 1928. Photo very likely taken in 1958 because of the similar Waterman setting and background seen in other 1958 reunion photos.
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- UVM - College of Medicine
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1956 photo taken inside the College of Medicine (now John Dewey Hall) of the graduating class.
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- UVM - College of Medicine
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1944 photo of 5 graduates of the College of Medicine holding their rolled diplomas, in front of what is now the Psychology Dept. in John Dewey Hall.
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- UVM - College of Medicine
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1944 photo of 5 graduates of the College of Medicine, in front of what is now the Psychology Dept. in John Dewey Hall.
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- UVM - College of Medicine
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(Same group as in mcalB19F22i03) 1956 photo taken inside the College of Medicine (now John Dewey Hall) of the graduating class. Photo #2.
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- UVM - Fleming Museum
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Several women in period costume on the main stairs of the Fleming Museum. Occasion must have been a theatrical production of some kind. Dated 1951 / 1952.
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- UVM - Fleming Museum
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Three women in period costume, presumably for an event at the Fleming Museum. Dated 1951 / 1952.
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- UVM - Fleming Museum
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Display case in the Fleming Museum with a variety of artifacts.
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- UVM - Fraternities - Acacia
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Brothers of Acacia, with a house at 404 College St. This photo appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p. 124. Photo #10.
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- UVM - Fraternities - Alpha Tau Omega
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Members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, with house at 21 So. Williams St., Burlington, Vt. (Same group as mcalB19F24i01.) Dated 1951. Photo #23.
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- UVM - Fraternities - Alpha Tau Omega
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Members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, with house at 21 So. Williams St., Burlington, Vt. (Same group as mcalB19F24i04.) Dated 1953. Photo #8.
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- UVM - Fraternities - Alpha Tau Omega
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Members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, with house at 21 So. Williams St., Burlington, Vt. Dated 1953. Photo #9.