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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- School Sports - Football
- Date Created
- 1952
- Description
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1952 photo of high school football team with coaches in gymnasium. Photo 2.
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- Sewer Projects
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June 1929. Three crew members (and several young boys in the back) are at the sewer project site where a break is in the ravine sewer made by pressure from an exceptional rain storm. Note the clay brick (tile) construction of the damaged pipe and the new metal pipes piled up in back. See also...
Show moreJune 1929. Three crew members (and several young boys in the back) are at the sewer project site where a break is in the ravine sewer made by pressure from an exceptional rain storm. Note the clay brick (tile) construction of the damaged pipe and the new metal pipes piled up in back. See also mcalA16F13i32
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- Title
- Shelburne High School
- Date Created
- undated
- Description
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Undated photo of the Shelburne High School baseball team, with just barely enough players. Principal John E. McGee (perhaps also the team coach) stands in the back row. Photo #4?
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- St. Anthony's Church and School
- Date Created
- 1949-1950
- Description
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1949 / 1950 overexposed image of a large group of boys assembled in front of St. Anthony Church. Seven priests are present. Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor, is probably 3rd from right, but the others are difficult to identify. Occasion is unknown.
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- Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
- Date Created
- 1945
- Description
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Customers celebrating the New Year in Sulham's Sweet Shop, 60 Main St., Winooski, Vt. Harold Sulham is behind the Coke machine; his wife Evelyn is one of the waitresses behind the bar. The smiling lady in front is Charlene Sullivan, and the three boys in the back are (l.-r.) Johnny Provost, Chuck...
Show moreCustomers celebrating the New Year in Sulham's Sweet Shop, 60 Main St., Winooski, Vt. Harold Sulham is behind the Coke machine; his wife Evelyn is one of the waitresses behind the bar. The smiling lady in front is Charlene Sullivan, and the three boys in the back are (l.-r.) Johnny Provost, Chuck Crowley, and Francis Mongeon (Source: Vincent Feeney's 2002 history of Winooski, p. 147). -- Note the pressed tin ceiling and the display of flags above the bar, very likely those of the Allied Forces in World War II.
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- Title
- Theatricals
- Description
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1952. This is a photograph of a photo showing a large boys' choir arranged in front of a stage. On stage are adults dressed in biblical costume. School dramatic production? Photo #4.
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- Trinity College, Burlington
- Description
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Group portrait of Trinity College students on the steps of Mann Hall on campus in Burlington, Vermont. All are dressed in long gowns. A young boy is seen in front holding the train of a young woman's long cape.
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- UVM Botany Dept.
- Description
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Man and boy (identity unknown) standing near a building. Relevance to UVM Botany dept. unknown.
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- Vergennes High School - Basketball
- Description
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1945 photo of 5 members of the Vergennes High School boys basketball team in the school gymnasium. (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.)
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- Vergennes High School - Basketball
- Description
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1944 -1945 Vergennes High School boys basketball team, with coach and manager, in the school gymnasium. (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.)
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- Vergennes High School - Basketball
- Description
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1943 -1944 Vergennes High School boys basketball team, with coaching and management staff, in the school gymnasium. (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.) Photo printed backwards. Photo #3.
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- Vergennes High School - Basketball
- Description
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1943 -1944 Vergennes High School boys basketball team, with coaching and management staff, in the school gymnasium. (Vergennes High School was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union Hgh School, and demolished in 1964.) Photo #1.
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- Vergennes High School - Basketball
- Description
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1944 -1945 Vergennes High School boys basketball team, with coach and manager, in the school gymnasium. (Vergennes High School was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union High School, and demolished in 1964.)
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- Vermont Industrial School Band [Vergennes]
- Description
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July 7, 1933. Vermont's Best Boys Band of 1933. Taken in front of the Graham Cottage at Vermont Industrial School, Vergennes, Vermont. Photo #3.
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- Vermont Industrial School Band [Vergennes]
- Description
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September 4, 1932. Vermont's Best Boys Band 1932. Vermont Industrial School Band, Vergennes, Vermont. Taken in front of the Graham Cottage. Photo #4.
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- Vermont Industrial School Band [Vergennes]
- Description
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September 4, 1932. Vermont's Best Boys Band 1932. Vermont Industrial School Band, Vergennes, Vermont. Taken in front of the Graham Cottage. Photo #3.
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- Vermont Industrial School Band [Vergennes]
- Description
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September 4, 1932. Vermont's Best Boys Band 1932. Vermont Industrial School Band, Vergennes, Vermont. Taken in front of the Graham Cottage. Photo #5.
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- Weddings
- Description
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Children's version of a wedding party. A young girl and boy pose as bride and groom. Another boy is the minister, others pose as best man and as maid of honor.