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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- Kamp Kill Kare
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Group portrait of boy campers and staff at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated.
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- Kamp Kill Kare
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Boys' tennis lesson as they practice hitting the ball. A counselor to the far right hits a ball to each boy at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958. Photo #8.
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- Kamp Kill Kare
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Honey bees are studied by a group of boys at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo undated 1957 / 1958.
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- Little League Baseball
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1961 group portrait of the Burlington Twins little league boys baseball team. Photo #1. Lafayette
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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.
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- Little League Baseball
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1961 group portrait of the Burlington Twins little league boys baseball team. Photo #2. Lafayette
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- Little League Baseball
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Mid 1940s (or 1961?) group portrait of the Mud Alley Midgets little league boys baseball team. Letter MAM seen on their caps. Photo #1.
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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 #3.
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- Lyman C. Hunt Junior High
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1959 group portrait of students at the Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School, Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
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- Lyman C. Hunt Junior High
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Undated group portrait of students at the Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School, Burlington, Vt. Photo #2.
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- Lyman C. Hunt Junior High
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Undated group portrait of students at the Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School, Burlington, Vt. Photo #3.
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- Lyman C. Hunt Junior High
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1959 group portrait of students at the Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School, Burlington, Vt. Photo #2.
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- May Crowning
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1947 portrait photo of children taking part in May Crowning, a Roman Catholic ritual. The girls are in best dresses, wear floral garlands in their hair and hold bouquets of daisies. The two boys stand in back dressed in white suit jacket and shorts.
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- Milton High School - Activities
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1946/1947 portrait photo of boys' basketball team at Milton High School with trophy and Coach Raphael J. Morris (also Ass't Principal and Social Studies teacher) Also identified is Donald Ira Chamberlin (front row, far left, graduate Class of 1949) Photo #2.
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- Milton High School - Activities
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1946/1947 portrait photo of boys' basketball team at Milton High School with some holding basketballs. Photo #2.
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- Milton High School - Activities
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1946/1947 portrait photo of boys' basketball team at Milton High School with trophy. Photo #1.
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- Milton High School - Activities
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1944/1945 portrait photo of boys' basketball team at Milton High School with coach. Photo #16.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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1949 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students eating lunch beneath an arbor or trellis. Photo #12.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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1949 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside beneath an arbor or trellis eating lunch. Photo #13.
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- Nazareth School
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1952 photo of the Nazareth School boys' basketball team and their coach. "Ecole Nazareth," later to become St. Joseph's School, is located in Burlington at 20 Allen Street. Photo #1.