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.) [37]
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- black-and-white photographs [40]
- photographs [40]
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- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [40]
- Gymnasiums [24]
- High school students [24]
- Young men [18]
- Young women [15]
- High school teachers [5]
- Students [5]
- High school athletes [3]
- School sports [3]
- Athletics [2]
- Football [2]
- Urban parks [2]
- Bands (Music) [1]
- Boys [1]
- Chapels [1]
- Drum majorettes [1]
- Interior architecture [1]
- Musical groups [1]
- Musicians [1]
- Nuns [1]
- Rifles [1]
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Topic: ("Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.)")
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: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Information written on the back of the photograph states this is a 1959 formal class portrait of the first graduating class of Rice Memorial High School. This class earlier graduated from Christ the King School. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Present are Msgr. Charles A. Towne, Father John L. Gagnon, Father Wendell Searles. Among the students is Christopher Terrien II (later Dr.) and Marcelle Pomerleau (later wife of Senator Patrick Leahy). Photo #2. Same group as mcalA09F05i39.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Information on back of photograph reads "Father Searles [2nd from r.; Fr. John Gagnon, far right], Msgr. Bresnehan [Charles A. Towne?], (back row, 2nd front: James Teddy (?) 3 front) Cathedral Grammar School graduates (8th grade) or same group Freshman Class - Pomeroy School. Graduated from Rice Memorial High School (1960). The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #1. Same group as mcalA09F05i38. Photo #1.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Information on back of photo states "Msgr Towne, Father Spears and Steady, Christ the King graduates class (8th Grade) [Class of '61 at Rice] Group assembled for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #4. 1961 Same group as mcalA09F05i41 and 42.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Msgr Towne, Father Spears and Steady, Christ the King graduates class (8th Grade) [Class of '61 at Rice] Group assembled for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #1. 1961 Same group as mcalA09F05i40 and 42.
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Msgr Towne, Father Spears and Steady, Christ the King graduates class (8th Grade) [Class of '61 at Rice] Group assembled for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #1. 1961. Photo #3. 1961 Same group as mcalA09F05i40 and 41.
Title: Rice Memorial High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph Rice, Bishop of Burlington, and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
Title: Rice Memorial High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
Title: Rice Memorial High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
Title: Rice Memorial High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
Title: Rice Memorial High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington, Vermont. The school, seen in its entirety here, is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
Title: Rice Memorial High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Small group of high school students, seated for a group photo in the Rice High School gym.
Title: Rice Memorial High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Small group of high school students, seated for a group photo in the Rice High School gym.
Title: Rice Memorial High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Interior view of a small Catholic chapel with altar, pews and a nun. Dated 1959.
Title: Rice Memorial High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington, Vermont. The school, seen in its entirety here, is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
Title: Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Rev. Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington, and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
Title: Rice Memorial High School - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Members of the Rice Memorial High School Rifle Club. Dated 1959. Photo #20.
Title: Rice Memorial High School - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Rice High School students seated in the gymnasium with a faculty member for a group photo.
Title: Rice Memorial High School - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Rice High School students seated in the gymnasium with a faculty member for a group photo.
Title: Rice Memorial High School - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Rice High School students seated in the gymnasium with two faculty members for a group photo.
Title: Rice Memorial High School - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Rice High School students seated in the gymnasium with two faculty members for a group photo.
Title: Rice Memorial High School - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Rice High School students seated in the gymnasium for a group photo.
Title: Rice Memorial High School - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Rice High School students seated in the gymnasium for a group photo.
Title: Rice Memorial High School - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Large group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym for a group photo. (Dress code for the girls apparently stricter than that for the boys.)
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