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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- Athletics, unidentified
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- undated
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Portrait of unidentified baseball or soft ball team. Banner and reads "SBAA 1927." Lettering across uniform shirts also reads SBAA.
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- Bristol School -Baseball
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1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team taken in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont.
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- Bristol School -Baseball
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1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team stands in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #2.
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- Bristol School -Baseball
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1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team taken in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #35.
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- Bristol School -Baseball
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1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team taken in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #1.
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- Burlington High School - Baseball
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1947 Burlington High School baseball team with Coach Orrie Jay (2nd row far right) assembled in front of bleachers in ball field. Photo #2.
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- Burlington High School - Baseball
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1947 Burlington High School baseball team with Coach Orrie Jay (2nd row far right) assembled in front of bleachers at ball field. Photo #1.
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- Burlington High School - Baseball
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1946-1947 Burlington High School baseball team in uniform with coach on benches in a grassy field. Photo #2?
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- Burlington High School - Baseball
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1947 Burlington High School baseball team with Coach Orrie Jay assembled in front of grand stand (bleachers) probably in Centennial Field. One team member holds a trophy. Younger boy kneeling in front center is Bill Jay. Photo #3.
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- Burlington High School - Baseball
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Fall 1946 - Winter 1947 Burlington High School baseball team in uniform with coach on benches in grassy field. Photo #1?
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- Camp Abnaki - Activities
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A posed photograph of campers and counselors gathered around home plate for a batting demonstration at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated July 1944. Photo #18.
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- Camp Abnaki - Activities
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Campers playing baseball at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated 1943. Photo #6.
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- Camp Abnaki - Activities
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A shot of the fans in the bleachers watching campers playing baseball at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated 1943. Photo #5.
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- Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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1946 Game of baseball at Camp Birchcliffe in Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #5.
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- Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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1946/1947 Baseball at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #6.
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- Camp Marycrest - Activities
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1948 photo of girls at batting practice. Others kneel on the ground with baseball mitts at the ready.
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- Civilian Conservation Corps
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1935/1936 photo of Civilian Conservation Corps baseball team. Photo #3.
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- Civilian Conservation Corps
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1935/1936 photo of Civilian Conservation Corps baseball team. Photo #4.
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- Kamp Kill Kare
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Batter up! Boys hold baseball bats as if ready for a pitch at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
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- Little League Baseball
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1940s group portrait of the Mud Alley Midgets little league boys baseball team. Letters MAM seen on their caps. Photo #2.