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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1946 Class portrait with teachers taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont.
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- Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
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1946 Class portrait with faculty taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #23. Printed backward from the negative as the door hinge is on opposite side and number lower left is backward.
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- Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
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1946 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #19.
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- Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
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1946 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #16.
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- Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
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1946 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #10.
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- Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
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1946 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #22.
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- Burlington High School
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Photo of the old Burlington High School on the corner of Main and South Union Street (was called Edmunds High School) is currently Edmunds Elementary School on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont showing the two school buildings and the connecting overpass. Taken from across the street on Main....
Show morePhoto of the old Burlington High School on the corner of Main and South Union Street (was called Edmunds High School) is currently Edmunds Elementary School on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont showing the two school buildings and the connecting overpass. Taken from across the street on Main. Undated but may be 1951.
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- Burlington High School
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Night time winter photo of the old Burlington High School and the gymnasium / auditorium on the corner of Main and South Union Street (was called Edmunds High School). Is currently Edmunds Elementary School on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont. Shows the two buildings all lit up. Taken from...
Show moreNight time winter photo of the old Burlington High School and the gymnasium / auditorium on the corner of Main and South Union Street (was called Edmunds High School). Is currently Edmunds Elementary School on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont. Shows the two buildings all lit up. Taken from corner of Main. Undated but may be 1951.
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- Burlington High School
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1951 photo of the old Burlington High School (was called Edmunds High School) is currently Edmunds Elementary School on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont
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- Burlington High School
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Photo of the old Burlington High School on the corner of Main and South Union Street (was called Edmunds High School). Is currently Edmunds Elementary School on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont. Undated but may be 1951.
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- Burlington High School
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Night time photo of the old Burlington High School on the corner of Main and South Union Street (was called Edmunds High School) is currently Edmunds Elementary School on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont showing the two school buildings all lit up. Taken from corner of Main. Undated but may be...
Show moreNight time photo of the old Burlington High School on the corner of Main and South Union Street (was called Edmunds High School) is currently Edmunds Elementary School on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont showing the two school buildings all lit up. Taken from corner of Main. Undated but may be 1951.
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- Burlington High School
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Photograph of the Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School) taken in the winter
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- Burlington High School
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Photo of the old Burlington High School on the corner of Main and South Union Street (was called Edmunds High School). Is currently Edmunds Elementary School on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont. Undated but may be 1951.
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- Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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March 1951 Construction of the Burlington High School Gymnasium / Auditorium showing the metal framing from the exterior. View is looking west toward the lake. Photo #51.
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- Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
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March 1951 Construction of the Burlington High School (Edmunds building) Auditorium / Gymnasium on South Union Street, Burlington showing metal framing from the exterior.
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- Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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1955/1956 BHS Student Council with Miss Mildred E. Akins, adviser. Photo appears in 1956 yearbook, Oread, p. 70
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- Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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1950s photo of Burlington High School machine shop.
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- Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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1954/1955 Burlington High School chemistry class with Mr. Karl L. Buck. Photo appears in BHS yearbook Oread, p. 51.
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- Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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1955-1956 BHS Student Council with Miss Mildred E. Atkins, advisor
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- Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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1950s photo of Burlington High School machine shop.