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). 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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Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Published: November 19, 2007, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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- High school athletes [16]
- High school graduates [15]
- Basketball [13]
- High school teachers [13]
- Gymnasiums [11]
- Buildings [7]
- High school students [7]
- Bands (Music) [4]
- Vermont Industrial School [4]
- Baseball [3]
- Priests [2]
- School children [2]
- Business [1]
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- Vergennes Inn (Vt.) [1]
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Title: Vergennes Grammar School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
School children from different grades and presumably their teacher line up in front of Vergennes Grammar School. Until 1950, elementary grades were schooled on the lower floors of the high school (built 1871; demolished 1964).
Title: Vergennes Grammar School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
School children from different grades and presumably their teacher line up in front of Vergennes Grammar School. Until 1950, elementary grades were schooled on the lower floors of the high school.
Title: Vergennes High School - Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vergennes High School baseball team and, presumably, their coach. (School history: built in 1871, for elem. and high school grades; after 1950, high school only; 1959, replaced by new union high school; 1964, demolished to allow construction of supermarket.)
Title: Vergennes High School - Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vergennes High School baseball team and, presumably, their coach. (School history: built in 1871, for elem. and high school grades; after 1950, high school only; 1959, replaced by new union high school; 1964, demolished to allow construction of supermarket.)
Title: Vergennes High School - Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vergennes High School baseball team and coach pose in front of what looks like a new building. This may be either the elementary school that was built in 1949/50 or a renovated part of the high school. (Vergennes high school history: built in 1871, for elem. and high school grades; after 1950, high school only; 1959, replaced by new union high school; 1964, demolished to allow construction of supermarket.)
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vergennes High School Girls Basketball team with trophy. Photo #3.
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Three members of the Vergennes High School Girls Basketball team.
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
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.
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 -1945 Vergennes High School girls basketball team, with coaches and school principal(?) in the gymnasium. A trophy is on the floor.
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
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.
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1943 / 1944 Vergennes High School girls basketball team and coaches in the school gymnasium. Ball held by youngest member (front, center) is dated "43-44." (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.) Photo #2.
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1943 / 1944 Vergennes High School girls basketball team and coaches in the school gymnasium. Ball held by youngest member (front, center) is dated "43-44." (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.) Photo #3.
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1943 / 1944 Vergennes High School girls basketball team and coaches in the school gymnasium. Ball held by youngest member (front, center) is dated "43-44." (Vergennes high school was built in 1871, replaced in 1959 by Vergennes Union high school, and demolished in 1964.) Photo #1.
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
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.)
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
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.)
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of 3 members of the Vergennes High School girls basketball team in the gymnasium. (This is in the older high school, which was built in 1871 and demolished in 1964. The present union high school opened in 1959.)
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
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.)
Title: Vergennes High School - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 -1945 Vergennes High School girls basketball team, with coaches and school principal(?) in the gymnasium. A trophy is on the floor. Photo #2.
Title: Vergennes High School - Graduates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vergennes High School graduating class of 1944, assembled in front of the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Photo #2.
Title: Vergennes High School - Graduates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vergennes High School graduating class of 1949, assembled in front of the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Photo #1.
Title: Vergennes High School - Graduates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vergennes High School graduating class of 1950 with banner, assembled in front of the new elementary school, which opened in 1950. Photo #2.
Title: Vergennes High School - Graduates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vergennes High School graduating class of 1944, assembled in front of the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Photo #1.
Title: Vergennes High School - Graduates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vergennes High School graduating class of 1944, assembled in front of the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Photo #3.
Title: Vergennes High School - Graduates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vergennes High School graduating class of 1949 with sign, assembled in front of the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Photo #2.
Title: Vergennes High School - Graduates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Three Vergennes High School graduates in front of the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Undated.
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