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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- image [33]
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- black-and-white photographs [33]
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- High school teachers [33]
- Portrait photography [33]
- High school students [16]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [11]
- High school buildings [9]
- Priests [2]
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- High school athletes [1]
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Portrait of faculty taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #7.
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #19.
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Class portrait with faculty taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #23. Printed backward from the negative as the door hinge is on opposite side and number lower left is backward.
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Group portrait of teachers taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #11.
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Class portrait with teachers taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont.
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Class portrait with teacher taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #15.
Title: Burlington High School - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954/56 Burlington High School faculty Seated left is Mrs. Thelma H. Jobling. Seated right may be Miss Olufa M. Jones.
Title: Burlington High School - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955/56 Burlington High School faculty photo taken for BHS 1956 yearbook, Oread, p. 9. Principal Holland Smith, far left back row.
Title: Burlington High School - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953/1954 photo of Music and Art Dept faculty for BHS 1954 yearbook Oread, p. 11. Mr. Lyman Hurd, Mrs. Jean Pappoutsakis, Mrs. Anne Clark, Mrs. Olwen Prindle, Mr. Ellwyn Hayslip.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953/1954 Heidi Wallenfels and Miss Cora Hutchins, Debating coach. Heidi holds a trophy. Another stands on the floor. Photo appears in the BHS yearbook 1954, Oread, p. 47.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June Hoose, Lorelei Palmer and Mr. Bernard Smith, teacher of Salesmanship and Merchandising at BHS. Photo appears in 1954 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 73.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955/1956 BHS Student Council with Miss Mildred E. Akins, adviser. Photo appears in 1956 yearbook, Oread, p. 70
Title: Burlington High School Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal portrait of faculty members of Burlington High School's English Dept. Standing: Miss Ruth Jones, Mr. Landman, Mrs. Iversen, Mr. Jay, Principal Holland "Dutch" Smith (with the Burlington school system beginning in 1929, BHS principal 1950-1964). Seated: Mr. Newton, Miss Urie, Mrs. Offensend, Miss White, Miss Goodwin, Miss Allen, Mr. Offensend, Mr. John "Jack" Hart. Photo appears in BHS yearbook Oread 1954, p. 13.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 photo of Sarsfield McNulty and Coach Mr. Eugene J. Healey of the BHS Cross-Country team. Photo appears in the 1954 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 37.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 group photo of Cathedral High School students and a faculty member. Probably taken for the school year book. Photo #22
Title: Cathedral High School - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A portrait of Cathedral High School faculty members. Photograph dated 1957. Photo #36.
Title: Cathedral High School - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A second pose for a portrait of Cathedral High School faculty members. Photograph dated 1957. Photo #35.
Title: Milton High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #29.
Title: Milton High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #30.
Title: Milton High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Milton High School class picture with two faculty members ; identified is Martha Helen Horican (middle row 3rd from left) and Agnes Anne Rowley (middle row, 2nd from right)
Title: Milton High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Milton High School class picture with two faculty members ; identified is Martha Helen Horican (middle row 3rd from left) and Agnes Anne Rowley (middle row, 2nd from right) Photo #11.
Title: Milton High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Milton school student class picture. Photo #8.
Title: Milton High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Milton High School student class picture with male faculty member. Photo #8.
Title: Milton High School - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Milton High School faculty. Photo #31.
Title: Milton High School - Graduates
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Milton High School graduates with male faculty member.
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