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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Undated photograph of Cathedral High School drum majorette ; may be 1958. This may be Carol Bourgeois, Class of 1959.
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Undated (maybe 1955 / 1959) photograph of the Burlington High School baseball team outside on the steps of the school with two trophies and Coach Orrie Jay. Photo #1.
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Burlington High School Girl's Glee Club as printed in the 1956 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 76. Students names also listed. Mrs. Jean Pappoutsakis, center front row, choral director. Photo #1.
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Photograph taken at Burlington High School (Edmunds building) of a large high school (All-State?) chorus from a folder dated 1954-1956. Photo #3.
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Photograph taken at Burlington High School (Edmunds building) of a large high school (All-State?) chorus from a folder dated 1954-1956. Photo #2.
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Burlington High School Chorus as pictured in 1956 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 77. Mrs. Jean Pappoutsakis, choral director, center front row. Names of students also listed in the Oread. Photo #3.
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Photograph from a folder dated 1954-1956 of male members of the Burlington High School chorus. Photo #7.
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Photograph of the Burlington High School chorus (mixed) from a folder dated 1954-1956. Photo #9.
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- Burlington High School Chorus
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Photograph from a folder dated 1954-1956 taken at Burlington High School auditorium (Edmunds building) of a large high school (All-State?) chorus performing. Photo #4.
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- Burlington High School Dramatic Productions
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Dramatic cast portrait of students from Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School) for the comedy "Once and for All" by Sidney Duball. They are seated and standing on stage that is set as a street scene. Banner hanging behind reads in part "Welcome Home Nick". In the 1956 BHS Oread p....
Show moreDramatic cast portrait of students from Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School) for the comedy "Once and for All" by Sidney Duball. They are seated and standing on stage that is set as a street scene. Banner hanging behind reads in part "Welcome Home Nick". In the 1956 BHS Oread p. 72-73 is a complete write-up. Photo #5.
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Formal cast portrait of a Burlington High School drama production (students from Edmunds High School building) "Sabrina Fair" by Samuel Taylor. Performed in 1956. Stage is set as a street scene. In the BHS yearbook Oread 1956 p. 74-75 is a complete write-up.
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Cast portrait photo of students from Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School)for the comedy "Once and for All" by Sidney Duball. They stand or sit on stage set as a street scene. Banner hangs in back and reads "Welcome Home Nick." In the BHS yearbook 1956 Oread p. 72-73 is a complete...
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Cast portrait of high school students from Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School), "Once and for All" by Sidney Duball. Stage is set as a street scene. Banner hangs in back and reads "Welcome Home Nick." In the 1956 BHS Oread p. 72-73 is a complete write-up. Photo #3.
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Cast portrait of high school students on the set from a play production by students from Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School), "Sabrina Fair" by Samuel Taylor performed in 1956. In the BHS yearbook Oread p. 74-75 is a complete write-up.
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Photo of a Burlington High School track coach, Carl Adams and student, Allan Remick. Allan wears a dark sweatshirt with the word Burlington on the front. Possibly taken in the Edmunds High School gymnasium. Photo appears in BHS yearbook Oread 1954, p. 41.
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Photo of Irene Elizabeth Frye of Charlotte, Vt., a Burlington High School student seated at a wooden school desk in a classroom with several papers spread out before her. Irene was Head Bank Cashier for her senior class. Taken in Edmunds High School building. Photo was cropped and appears in BHS...
Show morePhoto of Irene Elizabeth Frye of Charlotte, Vt., a Burlington High School student seated at a wooden school desk in a classroom with several papers spread out before her. Irene was Head Bank Cashier for her senior class. Taken in Edmunds High School building. Photo was cropped and appears in BHS yearbook Oread 1954, p. 28.
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A photo appearing in the advertisement section of the 1954 Burlington High School yearbook Oread (p. 118) of "Mr. Germain of Childs & Germain, specialists in floor coverings, drapes, slip covers, venetian blinds, shows his daughter Kathy (BHS'54) one of their attractive rugs."
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Photo of a musical quartet in an interior with a wood floor. Four men stand or sit with their respective instruments (saxophone, piano, drums, trumpet). On the base drum the letters T. M. C. appear. Drummer is Thomas McKenzie Crowley, BHS class of 1954 and later State Senator from Chittenden County.
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