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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- Bristol (Vt.) [15]
- Burlington (Vt.) [13]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [11]
- St. Albans (Vt.) [7]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [5]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [5]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [3]
- Champlain, Lake [1]
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- image [78]
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- black-and-white photographs [71]
- photographs [71]
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- Athletics [78]
- Portrait photography [31]
- Basketball [22]
- Girls [21]
- High school athletes [21]
- Tennis [9]
- Baseball [8]
- Gymnasiums [8]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [8]
- Landscape photography [7]
- College students [5]
- Camps [4]
- Football [4]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [4]
- Volleyball [4]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [3]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) [2]
- Drum majorettes [2]
- Employees [2]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [2]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Urban parks [2]
- Young men [2]
- Banners [1]
- Bowling [1]
- Burlington Business College [1]
- Cheerleading [1]
- High school students [1]
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- University of Vermont [1]
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Topic: ("Athletics")
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A man named Lou, strikes a traditional pose of a boxer. Location Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of an unidentified young women's tennis class or training session.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Portrait of unidentified baseball or soft ball team. Banner and reads "SBAA 1927." Lettering across uniform shirts also reads SBAA.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Coach is Bill Landers, number 18 is Jimmy Leddy, and the team is from Rice. The field is South Park, later named Calahan Park. Photo #1.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Coach is Bill Landers, number 18 is Jimmy Leddy, and the team is from Rice. The field is South Park, later named Calahan Park. Photo #2.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of unidentified football team. Photo #23.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of Cathedral High School basketball team. Photo #24.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of unidentified group of bowlers and audience. Location is possible the Burlington Bowling Arena on Pearl Street, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Boxers: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935/1936 Three male boxers pose in a fighting stance for a group photo.
Title: Boxers: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935/1936 Three male boxers pose in a fighting stance for a group photo.
Title: Boxers: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-0936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fall-Spring 1930s-1940s Three male boxers pose in a fighting stance for a group photo.
Title: Boxers: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fall-Spring 1930s-1940s Three male boxers pose in a fighting stance for a group photo.
Title: Boxers: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1940s Two male boxers pose for a photo in a fighting stance in what may be a gym.
Title: Boxers: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Winter 1940s Two male boxers pose for a photo in a fighting stance in what may be a gym. The letters "B C" appear on the boxing shorts of the man on the right.
Title: Boxers: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fall-Spring 1930s-1940s Five male boxers pose for a group photo.
Title: Boxers: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fall-Spring 1930s-1940s Five male boxers pose for a group portrait.
Title: Bristol School -Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team taken in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #35.
Title: Bristol School -Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team taken in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont.
Title: Bristol School -Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team taken in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #1.
Title: Bristol School -Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team stands in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #2.
Title: Bristol School -Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School boys' basketball team stand in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #3.
Title: Bristol School -Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School girls' basketball team in front of the old high school with coach. A large plush panda bear mascot has been place in front. Basketball has BHS '46 written on it. Photo #17.
Title: Bristol School -Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School girls' basketball team in front of the old high school with coach in Bristol, Vermont. A large plush panda bear mascot has been placed in front. Photo #25.
Title: Bristol School -Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School girls' basketball team in front of the old high school with coach in Bristol, Vermont. A large plush panda bear mascot has been placed in front. She wears a team shirt and shorts with the word Bristol on the shirt. Photo #26.
Title: Bristol School -Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School 7th and 8th grade girls' basketball team in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #24.
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