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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1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #1.
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1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #4.
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1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #13.
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- Christ the King School, Burlington
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A group of young men and women along with church clergy assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo may have been taken in commemoration of the Catholic sacrament of...
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- Christ the King School, Burlington
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A group of young men and women along with a church clergy assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Girls are gathered in the front rows with the boys in the back. Photo #1. Undated. Same as mcalA09F05i19.
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- Christ the King School, Burlington
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Students gather around a table displaying a variety of publications by the Catholic Press. Banners and posters encourage students to read books printed by the publisher. "February is Catholic Press month" reads one of the posters hanging from the front of the table. "Be Catholic, read Catholic .....
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- Christ the King School, Burlington
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A group of graduates along with church clergy assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #3. Undated. 1950s?
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- Christ the King School, Burlington
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A group of young men and women along with a church clergy assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Girls are gathered in the front rows with the boys in the back. Photo #3. Undated. Same group as mcalA09F05i20.
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- Essex Junction Boys Band
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Winter, 1945 photo of the Essex Junction Boys Band. Instruments include clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, and bass and snare drums. Band director could be the gentleman on the left. Photo #1.
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- Essex Junction Boys Band
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Winter, 1945 photo of the Essex Junction Boys Band. Instruments include clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, and bass and snare drums. Band director very likely the gentleman on the left. Photo #2.
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- Graduations - Unidentified
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South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with class slogan seen in the back "Forward for Success". 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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1959 group portrait of students at the Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School, Burlington, Vt.
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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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- Milton High School - Class Pictures
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1946 Milton school student class picture. Photo #8.
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- Milton High School - Class Pictures
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1946 Milton High School class picture. Photo #9.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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1941 high school art class with some younger students in attendance at Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt.