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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Cathedral High School JV basketball team. To the left of Coach Merola stands Pat McKenzie. In the first row touching the ball is Bob Desautels. Kneeling next to Bob is Gary Desautels. The boys in the middle row are Pat Rideout,left and Dennis Daley, right. Photo no. 24.
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- Burlington High School - Basketball
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1944 BHS boys Junior Varsity Basketball team. Photo #2.
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- Burlington High School - Basketball
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1944 Burlington High School JV boys basketball team. Photo #1.
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- Burlington High School - Basketball
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Undated BHS Boys Varsity Basketball team with coach. Photo #7.
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- Burlington High School - Basketball
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1944 BHS boys basketball team. Photo #6.
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- Burlington High School - Groups (unidentified)
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1955 Coach John (Jack) Hart with a BHS boys athletic sports team. Photo taken for school yearbook. Photo #2.
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- Burlington High School Baseball Team
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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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- Cathedral High School
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1957 photo of male Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium for a group picture. School basketball team? Photo #45.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1956 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team with coach and two younger boys. Photo #25.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1957 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team with coach in the school gymnasium. Photo #44.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1953 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team in the school gymnasium with coaches. Photo #2.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1946 Cathedral High School Junior Varsity boys' basketball team. Photo #2.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1945 Cathedral High School boys' basketball team. Photo #35.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1956 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team. Photo #24.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1956 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team with coach and two younger boys. Photo #26.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1945 Cathedral High School boys' basketball team. Photo #1.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1944 photo Cathedral High School boys' basketball team with coaches. Two boys wear letter sweaters.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1953 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team in the school gymnasium. Photo #6.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1945 Cathedral High School boys' basketball team. Photo #2.
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- Cathedral High School - Basketball
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1956 photo of Cathedral High School boys' basketball team with coach. Photo #23.