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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- Winooski (Vt.) [18]
- Burlington (Vt.) [5]
- Richford (Vt.) [4]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [3]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [1]
- St. Albans (Vt.) [1]
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- image [42]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [41]
- photographs [41]
Topic(s)
- Baseball [42]
- Boys [42]
- Portrait photography [32]
- High school athletes [30]
- School sports [25]
- Priests [2]
- St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.) [2]
- Athletics [1]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Camps [1]
- High school students [1]
- Young men [1]
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Topic: ("Boys")
Topic: ("Baseball")
Title: Burlington High School Baseball Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
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.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Campers playing baseball at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated 1943. Photo #6.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A shot of the fans in the bleachers watching campers playing baseball at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated 1943. Photo #5.
Title: Camp Abnaki - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A posed photograph of campers and counselors gathered around home plate for a batting demonstration at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated July 1944. Photo #18.
Title: Kamp Kill Kare
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957-1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Batter up! Boys hold baseball bats as if ready for a pitch at Kamp Kill Kare once located on Hathaway Point in St Albans Bay, Vermont. Photo date 1957/1958.
Title: Little League Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Mid 1940s (or 1961?) group portrait of the Mud Alley Midgets little league boys baseball team. Letter MAM seen on their caps. Photo #1.
Title: Little League Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group portrait of the Burlington Twins little league boys baseball team. Photo #2. Lafayette
Title: Little League Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group portrait of the Burlington Twins little league boys baseball team. Photo #1. Lafayette
Title: Little League Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1940s group portrait of the Mud Alley Midgets little league boys baseball team. Letters MAM seen on their caps. Photo #3.
Title: Little League Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1940s group portrait of the Mud Alley Midgets little league boys baseball team. Letters MAM seen on their caps. Photo #2.
Title: Portraits - Unidentified Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
1945 photo of 14 boys of varying ages, standing or seated in the street. Some have baseball mitts. Identity of the group, venue, and occasion are unknown. Behind is a house with a screened in front porch. Photo #1.
Title: Richmond High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Richmond High School baseball team of 1944. Photo #1.
Title: Richmond High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Richmond High School baseball team of 1944. Photo #2.
Title: Richmond High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Richmond High School baseball team. Undated.
Title: Richmond High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Richmond High School baseball team. Undated.
Title: Saint Stephen's
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of the St. Stephen's parish baseball team and coaches, taken outside the church in Winooski. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.
Title: Saint Stephen's
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of the St. Stephen's parish baseball team and coaches, taken outside the church in Winooski. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.
Title: School Sports - Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 Richford High School baseball team, the Falcons? Photo 2.
Title: School Sports - Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 Richford High School baseball team, the Falcons?
Title: School Sports - Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 Richford High School (Vermont) baseball team, the Falcons?
Title: School Sports - Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 Richford High School (Vermont) baseball team, the Falcons?
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of the Shelburne High School baseball team, with just barely enough players. Principal John E. McGee (perhaps also the team coach) stands in the back row. Photo #4?
Title: Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 portrait photo of the Winooski High School boys baseball team. Photo #3.
Title: Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 portrait photo of the Winooski High School boys baseball team. Photo #2.
Title: Winooski High School - Baseball (boys)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 portrait photo of the Winooski High School boys baseball team. Photo #1.
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