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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- Burlington (Vt.) [685]
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- image [685]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [675]
- photographs [675]
Topic(s)
- High school students [685]
- Portrait photography [538]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [276]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [244]
- Girls [236]
- Drum majorettes [60]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [50]
- Musicians [45]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [37]
- Choirs (Music) [37]
- Choruses [36]
- Musical groups [35]
- Boys [32]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [25]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [24]
- Cheerleading [22]
- Classrooms [21]
- Young women [20]
- Young men [19]
- Auditoriums [17]
- High school teachers [16]
- Students [13]
- Business [12]
- Nuns [12]
- High school athletes [10]
- Orchestra [9]
- High school students Dramatic production [8]
- Priests [7]
- Family [6]
- Statues [6]
- High school graduates [5]
- Banners [4]
- Basketball [4]
- Rifles [4]
- Street photography [4]
- Buses [3]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Rifle practice [3]
- School sports [3]
- Employees [2]
- Furniture [2]
- School children [2]
- Toys [2]
- Athletics [1]
- Baseball [1]
- Buildings [1]
- Chapels [1]
- Dwellings [1]
- Men [1]
- Middle school students [1]
- Stores, Retail [1]
- Worship programs [1]
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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: Burlington High School - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1929-1960
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952-1960 Photo of BHS chorus with string assemble. A large banner "Merry Christmas" is stretched across the stage curtain. Location is the auditorium at Edmunds High School building. Photo #5?
Title: Burlington High School - Groups (unidentified)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955/1956 Group portrait of the Senior High Student Council of Burlington High School on the school auditorium stage. A version of this photo appears on p. 104 of the 1956 BHS yearbook, Oread.
Title: Burlington High School - Groups (unidentified)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955/1956 Group portrait of the Senior High Student Council of Burlington High School on the school auditorium stage. Version of this photo appears on p. 104 of the 1956 BHS yearbook, Oread.
Title: Burlington High School - Groups (unidentified)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 Group portrait of Burlington High School students and faculty members seated around a table. May have been taken for a yearbook. Undated.
Title: Burlington High School - Groups (unidentified)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 Group portrait of Burlington High School students gathered around a table with a faculty member. May have been taken for a yearbook. Miss Urie, of the English Dept. may be seated second from left. Photo #1.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Mr. William S. Preston, Jr. seated with Vickie Lane and Patricia Morse, two BHS students. Vickie looks through a diamondscope. Photo appears in BHS 1955 yearbook Oread, p. 115.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Mr. William S. Preston, Jr. seated with Vickie Lane and Patricia Morse, two BHS students. Patricia looks through a diamondscope. 1955 photo.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Judy Hauck and her father, Mr. George K. Hauck of the George K. Hauck Agency. Photo appears in the 1955 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 109.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Burlington High School student, Judy Hauck and her father, Mr. George K. Hauck of the George K. Hauck Agency of Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of George Hagar, vice-president of Hagar Hardware & Paint Company and his daughter, Harriet.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of George Hagar, vice-president of Hagar Hardware & Paint Company and his daughter, Harriet, a Burlington High School student.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of George Hagar, vice-president of Hagar Hardware & Paint Company and his daughter, Harriet, a Burlington High School student. Photo appears in the 1955 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 135.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of Mr. Ben B. Lane of The Lane Press in Burlington, with his daughter, Vickie Lane, a Burlington High School student. They stand in front of some of the printing press machinery.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Mr. William S. Preston, Jr of F. J. Preston & Son (jewelers) with two BHS students. They look at a selection of dining silverware. Undated but may be 1950s.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Mr. William S. Preston, Jr of F. J. Preston & Son (jewelers) with two BHS students. They look at a selection of dining silverware. Undated but may be 1950s.
Title: Burlington High School Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 Cathedral High School band majorettes. An altered version of this photo appears in the CHS yearbook, Tower 1956. Pictured are Sally Van Sleet, Captain ; Elizabeth Daley, Pauline McCarthy, Anita Handy, Maureen Barber, Sandra Sinclair, Claire Paris, Lois Crady, Janet Dion, Janet Limoges, Rita Michaud. See also mcalA08F08i27
Title: Burlington High School Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of Burlington High School drum majorettes
Title: Burlington High School Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of Cathedral High School drum majorettes. May be 1950s.
Title: Burlington High School Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of Cathedral High School drum majorette ; may be 1958. This may be Carol Bourgeois, Class of 1959.
Title: Burlington High School Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of Cathedral High School drum majorettes. May be 1950s.
Title: Burlington High School Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of Cathedral High School drum majorette. May be 1950s.
Title: Burlington High School Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes) as pictured in the 1954 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 82. Captain Phyllis Roy, Vickie Lane, Lee Babineau, Janet Collins, Carolyn Hunt, Patricia Clarey, Linda Nitschke, Kay Reed. Photo taken in the auditorium at the Edmunds High School building on South Union Street.
Title: Burlington High School Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 Burlington High School twirlers (drum majorettes). Captain Phyllis Roy, Vickie Lane, Lee Babineau, Janet Collins, Carolyn Hunt, Patricia Clarey, Linda Nitschke, Kay Reed. Photo taken in the auditorium at the Edmunds High School building on South Union Street.
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