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.) [44]
- Vergennes (Vt.) [16]
- Bristol (Vt.) [5]
- Richford (Vt.) [4]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [1]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [1]
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- image [316]
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- black-and-white photographs [316]
- photographs [316]
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- High school athletes [316]
- Portrait photography [239]
- School sports [164]
- Basketball [134]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [114]
- Gymnasiums [39]
- High school students [29]
- Football [27]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [25]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [21]
- Athletics [19]
- Cheerleading [19]
- Track and field athletes [18]
- High school buildings [15]
- High school teachers [8]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [8]
- Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.) [5]
- Richford High School (Richford, Vt.) [4]
- Urban parks [4]
- High school students Track and field [3]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Banners [2]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Drum majorettes [2]
- Rifles [2]
- Buildings [1]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [1]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [1]
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Genre: ("black-and-white photographs")
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Class of 1957 Cathedral High School cheer leading squad. Taken in the downstairs gymnasium. Left to Right: Mary Ploof, Irene Daigle, Marilyn Murray, Judy Myette, Ann Marie Murphy, Danielle Dole, Mary Ann Ramaccia, Mary Zola and Janet Bourdeau. Photo #33.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Class of 1957 Cathedral High School cheer leading squad. Taken in the downstairs gym at Cathedral High School on Pearl Street. Pictured are: Mary Ploof, Irene Daigle, Marilyn Murray, Judy Myette, Ann Marie Murphy, Danielle Dole, Mary Ann Ramaccia, Mary Zola and Janet Bourdeau. Photo #35.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This a photo of the Cathedral High girls basketball team of 1955-56. Photo #32.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This a photo of the Cathedral High School girls basketball team of 1955-56. Photo #36.
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 girls' basketball 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
Photograph of unidentified young women's basketball team. Photo #21.
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 the Burlington High School Track and Field Team, year unknown (may be 1940s). Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith seen in the back row on the right. 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
Burlington High School Track and Field Team, year unknown. Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith back row, far right. 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 the Burlington High School Track and Field Team, 1928 outside of the Edmunds High School building. Pictured are Manager Janke, Litsky, Paul, Ashton, Spaulding, Niles, Stowell, Walter, Dow, Black, Robbins, D. Heath, Colburn, Ide, Gardner, Lapidow, Perry, Ladd, Capt Rice, Coach Tudhope, Zaetz, Cohen, C. Heath, Woodhull. A trophy is seen placed in the front. Some of the members wear a diagonal stripe on their shirts. One member has the letter "V" on his sweater. Slightly different version of photo appears in BHS yearbook Oread 1929, p. 78.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
8 football players from Rice Memorial High School (entire team in seen in mcalA01F04i16). Location is South Park (later named Calahan Park). Photo #3.
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
Cathedral High School JV basketball team. To the left of Coach Merola stands Pat McKenzie. In the first row touching the ball is Bob Desautels. Kneeling next to Bob is Gary Desautels. The boys in the middle row are Pat Rideout,left and Dennis Daley, right. Photo no. 24.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cathedral High School Coach Arthur Merola. The player between number 12 and 8 is Michael Pearo (later became a teacher at Rice High School). Also seen is player Bob Desautels. Probably 1956 Left to right: Mr. Merola, ?Paul Demers, Ed Couture, Bob Desautels, ?Roger Vachereau, ?Walter Campbell, Gary Farrell, ?Ron Ragis, Mike Pearo, and Patrick McKenzie. managers: David Lemna and Denny Daley. Photo no. 25.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
8th grade Cathedral CYO team taken sometime during the 1956-1957 basketball season. bottom row (L to R): John Mahoney, Michel Thibault, Dayton Contois, John Henry, Michael Rivers, Louis Izzo, Clayton Fuller. top row (L to R): unidentified coach, Harold Wimette, Paul King, Robert Carver, Michael Fargione, unidentified #17, Edward Mahoney, Craig Echo, unidentified # 6, unidentified. 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
8th grade Cathedral CYO team taken sometime during the 1956-1957 basketball season. bottom row (L to R): John Mahoney, Michel Thibault, Dayton Contois, John Henry, Michael Rivers, Louis Izzo, Clayton Fuller. top row (L to R): Coach Ray Tafrate, Harold Wimette, Paul King, Robert Carver, Michael Fargione, unidentified #17, Edward Mahoney, Craig Echo, unidentified # 6, unidentified. Photo # 2. See also mcalA01F04i24,mcalB03F08i16
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: Burlington High School - Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Three members of the Burlington High School baseball team stand outside of the Edmunds High School building. One wears the uniform, one wears pullover letter sweater, the last wears jacket with letter "B"
Title: Burlington High School - Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Spring 1944 Burlington High School baseball team in uniform with coach standing on the steps of Edmunds High School building. Photo #2.
Title: Burlington High School - Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fall 1946 - Winter 1947 Burlington High School baseball team in uniform with coach on benches in grassy field. Photo #1?
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