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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Creator(s)
- McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963 [3726]
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Place(s)
- Burlington (Vt.) [1468]
- Middlebury (Vt.) [169]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [81]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [78]
- Winooski (Vt.) [76]
- Colchester (Vt.) [71]
- Bristol (Vt.) [61]
- Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.) [41]
- Milton (Vt.) [40]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [26]
- Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.) [13]
- St. Albans (Vt.) [13]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [12]
- Vergennes (Vt.) [8]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [7]
- Mallets Bay (Vt.) [7]
- Champlain, Lake [6]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [5]
- Richford (Vt.) [4]
- Montpelier (Vt.) [3]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [2]
- Battery Park (Vt.) [1]
- Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.) [1]
Format(s)
- image [3729]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [2913]
- photographs [2913]
Topic(s)
- Portrait photography [3729]
- High school students [699]
- Men [580]
- Women [569]
- Girls [451]
- Students [223]
- Church buildings [218]
- Boys [201]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [192]
- House furnishings [182]
- Young women [180]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [171]
- Middlebury College [169]
- School sports [162]
- School children [158]
- High school buildings [157]
- Basketball [144]
- High school graduates [138]
- Interior architecture [128]
- Priests [123]
- College teachers [121]
- Brides [112]
- Young men [102]
- Bridegrooms [100]
- Buildings [95]
- Choirs (Music) [94]
- Weddings [94]
- Baseball [83]
- Employees [82]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [76]
- Dance recitals [73]
- College students [72]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [71]
- High school students Dramatic production [70]
- Nuns [70]
- Dance [67]
- Soldiers [66]
- Bands (Music) [65]
- Gymnasiums [65]
- Christmas greens [64]
- Restaurants [64]
- Marriage [63]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [62]
- Dwellings [61]
- Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.) [61]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [56]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [55]
- Banners [54]
- Choruses [54]
- College graduates [52]
- Tap dancers [52]
- University of Vermont [51]
- Women veterans [51]
- First communion [50]
- Infants [50]
- Musicians [49]
- Nurses [49]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [49]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [49]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [43]
- Musical groups [43]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [42]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [41]
- Business [41]
- Actors [38]
- Toys [37]
- Veterans [37]
- Middle school students [36]
- Auditoriums [35]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [33]
- Circus performers [33]
- High school teachers [33]
- Chapels [32]
- Costume [32]
- Athletics [31]
- Landscape photography [31]
- Cheerleading [30]
- Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States [29]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesLadies Auxiliary.Dept. of Vermont [29]
- Camps [28]
- Order of the Eastern StarGrand Chapter of Vermont [26]
- St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.) [26]
- Cake [24]
- Bowling [23]
- Dolls [23]
- Drum majorettes [23]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [23]
- Armed Forces Officers [22]
- Camping [22]
- Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.) [22]
- Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.) [21]
- Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.) [21]
- Fanny Allen Hospital [20]
- Camp Holy Cross (Vt.) [17]
- Worship programs [17]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [16]
- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [16]
- Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.) [16]
- Track and field athletes [16]
- Flowers [15]
- Fraternal Order of Eagles [15]
- Theaters Stage-setting and scenery [15]
- Cavalry [14]
- Girl Scouts [14]
- South Burlington Central School (Vt.) [14]
- Champlain Transportation Company [13]
- Hospitals [13]
- Orchestra [13]
- St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.) [13]
- Construction workers [12]
- Ferries [12]
- Horses [12]
- Offices [12]
- Salvation Army [11]
- Animals [10]
- Piano [10]
- Milton Elementary School (Milton, Vt.) [9]
- Saint Francis Xavier School (Winooski, Vt.) [9]
- Statues [9]
- Boy Scouts [8]
- Chairs [8]
- Radio broadcasters [8]
- Radio stations [8]
- Architectural photography [7]
- Ballerinas [7]
- Cavalry horses [7]
- Classrooms [7]
- Football [7]
- Gardens [7]
- Greek letter societies [7]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [7]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.) [6]
- Construction projects [6]
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [6]
- First United Methodist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [6]
- Rifles [6]
- St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.) [6]
- Advertising [5]
- Archery [5]
- Automobiles [5]
- DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Furniture [5]
- Burlington Business College [4]
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows [4]
- Knights of Columbus [4]
- Machinery [4]
- Police [4]
- Reunions [4]
- Richford High School (Richford, Vt.) [4]
- Street photography [4]
- Totem poles [4]
- Trucks [4]
- Burlington (Vt.)Police Dept. [3]
- Buses [3]
- Confirmation Catholic Church [3]
- Farms [3]
- New England Telephone and Telegraph Company [3]
- Radio Receivers and reception [3]
- Robert Hull Fleming Museum [3]
- Santa Claus [3]
- Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.) [3]
- Airplanes [2]
- Beauty operators [2]
- Boats and boating [2]
- Burlington International Airport [2]
- Christmas pageants [2]
- Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Rutland, Vt.) [2]
- Department stores [2]
- High school students Track and field [2]
- Military weapons [2]
- Mobile homes [2]
- Modern Woodmen of America [2]
- Museums [2]
- Parades [2]
- Railroad tracks [2]
- Steamboats [2]
- Stores, Retail [2]
- Street-railroad tracks [2]
- Tennis [2]
- Theaters [2]
- Ticonderoga (Steamship) [2]
- VermontGovernor [2]
- B'nai B'rith [1]
- Barns [1]
- Blackface entertainers [1]
- Boxing [1]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [1]
- Cafeterias [1]
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Class reunions [1]
- Farmhouses [1]
- Handicraft [1]
- Painting [1]
- Plants [1]
- Pool (game) [1]
- Radio actors and actresses [1]
- Refrigerators [1]
- Rifle practice [1]
- Trailers [1]
- Urban parks [1]
- Vermont 4-H Clubs [1]
- Wills, William H.1882-1946 [1]
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Topic: ("Portrait photography")
Title: 4-H Club
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951/1952 Fall-Spring 4-H Club members gathered on the steps in front of Waterman Building, University of Vermont.
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Portrait of a Boston Terrier sitting outdoors. May be the same dog as seen in mcalA11F16i37 sitting in a car with a woman.
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Portrait (no.2) of a Boston Terrier sitting outdoors. May be the same dog seen in mcalA11F16i37 sitting in a car with a woman.
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Side view of Boston Terrier sitting outdoors (with attention to harness). May be the same dog as seen in mcalA11F16i37 sitting in a car with a woman.
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 an unidentified young women's rifle team. Women in the front row wear bloomers. Probably 1920s.
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
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: B'Nai Brith
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1933-01-22; 1933-01-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A formal group portrait photo of members of B'Nai B'rith seated and standing in a large open room facing the photographer. Caption on the photo reads "B'Nai B'rith 5th Anniversary Banquet, Joseph Frank Lodge 1109, Jan. 22, 1933.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a men's bowling league team. Six men stand behind a table on which bowling pins, trophies and bowling balls are placed. In the 1940s there were four alleys listed in the city directory in Burlington as well as one each in Winooski and Essex Junction.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a men's bowling league team. Five men stand behind a table on which bowling pins, trophies and bowling balls are placed. They wear dark shirts with their names embroidered on their left side (Floyd, Ray, Gus, Larry, Francis). The number 151 appears on the central bowling pin with the wording Bowl Away. In the 1940s city directory there was listed a Bowlaway Streamline Alleys at 65 Main St. in Burlington.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a men's bowling league team. Five men stand behind a table on which bowling pins and bowling balls are placed. In the 1940s there were four alleys listed in the city directory in Burlington as well as one each in Winooski and Essex Junction. Photo #2.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a men's bowling league team. Six men stand and kneel for a group photo. In the 1940s there were four alleys listed in the city directory in Burlington as well as one each in Winooski and Essex Junction. Photo #2.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a men's bowling league team. Five men stand behind a table on which bowling pins, trophies and bowling balls have been placed. In the 1940s there were four alleys listed in the city directory in Burlington as well as one each in Winooski and Essex Junction.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a men's bowling league team. Five men stand behind a table on which bowling pins, trophies and bowling balls have been placed. In the 1940s there were four alleys listed in the city directory in Burlington as well as one each in Winooski and Essex Junction.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a lady bowler standing in a lane holding a bowling ball. A scenic wall mural is seen in the background. In the 1940s there were four alleys listed in the city directory in Burlington as well as one each in Winooski and Essex Junction.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a lady bowling. A scenic wall mural is seen in the background. In the 1940s there were four alleys listed in the city directory in Burlington as well as one each in Winooski and Essex Junction.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a men's bowling league team. Seven men stand behind a table on which bowling pins, trophies and bowling balls are placed. In the 1940s there were four alleys listed in the city directory in Burlington as well as one each in Winooski and Essex Junction.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Winter 1940s Group photo of women bowlers assembled for a celebratory dinner. On the table are bowling pin awards or trophies. One man is seated center.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Late Fall - January 1940s Photo of a men's bowling league team. Five men stand behind a table on which bowling pins and bowling balls are placed. In the 1940s there were four alleys listed in the city directory in Burlington as well as one each in Winooski and Essex Junction.
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Photo of a men's bowling league team. Five men stand behind a table on which bowling pins and bowling balls are placed. Their first names are embroidered on their shirts. In the 1940s there were four alleys listed in the city directory in Burlington as well as one each in Winooski and Essex Junction. Photo #1?
Title: Bowling Leagues
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1940s or 1951? Celebratory dinner with women bowlers assembled around dining tables for a group portrait. Bowling trophies are seen on the central table. Small water glasses filled with pansies decorate the tables. Photo #6.
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.
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