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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- Track and field athletes [20]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [18]
- High school athletes [18]
- Portrait photography [16]
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Topic: ("Track and field athletes")
Author: ("McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963")
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 track and field team, probably taken at Centennial Field. 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
Unidentified track and field team, probably taken at Centennial Field. Photo #2.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group photo of boys varsity track team 1957. Taken outside Edmunds High School building (currently Edmunds Elementary School). A version of photo appears in the BHS yearbook Oread 1958 in the Sports section. All are named including Coach Carl Adams (back row in suit and tie) Photo #1.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group portrait of boys track team seated outside. Team's coach is in the center of the photo in suit and tie.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith. One member holds a trophy. Photo #2.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith. One member holds a trophy.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith (far left).
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith, (far left).
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 / 1958 group photo of boys track team. Second from left in back row (in suit and tie) is Coach Carl Adams. Taken outside Edmunds High School building (currently Edmunds Elementary School). Probably taken for the BHS yearbook, Oread. Photo #4.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of BHS track team with Coach Carl Adams. Photo #1.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of BHS track team with Coach Carl Adams. Photo #2.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 BHS track team outside on the steps of BHS (Edmunds building).
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 BHS track team outside on the steps of BHS (Edmunds building)
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948-1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith. One member holds two trophies.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948-1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith. One member holds two trophies. Photo #1.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith.
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: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 BHS track team.
Title: Burlington High School Track Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 BHS track team.
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