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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- Winooski (Vt.) [23]
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- black-and-white photographs [24]
- photographs [24]
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- High school buildings [24]
- High school students [24]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [24]
- Classrooms [7]
- Portrait photography [5]
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Topic: ("High school buildings")
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946; 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1945 portrait photo of a group of high school students, possibly from Winooski High School (note letter sweaters with "W").
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (but perhaps Oct. '52?) of a large group of students in front of Winooski High School, at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. A new school was built on Normand St. in 1959, replacing the large brick edifice seen here.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1952 [see mcalB22F25i08]. Candid shot of some Winooski High School students socializing in front of the school. The school closed in 1960; a modern building was constructed in 1959, when many other districts were building new union high schools.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (but likely late 1940s, early '50s) of a class at Winooski High School. The building at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. served as the high school from 1912 until 1960. A small sign to the right of the entrance states that it is a Standard School.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (but likely late 1940s, early '50s) of a class at Winooski High School. The building at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. served as the high school from 1912 until 1960. A small sign to the right of the entrance states that it is a Standard School.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (but likely late 1940s, early '50s) of a class at Winooski High School. The building at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. served as the high school from 1912 until 1960. A small sign to the right of the entrance states that it is a Standard School.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (but likely late 1940s, early '50s) of a class at Winooski High School. The building at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. served as the high school from 1912 until 1960. A small sign to the right of the entrance states that it is a Standard School. Slightly different exposure see in mcalB22F25i09
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Dated October 1952. Photo of students at Winooski High School "hanging" in front of the school entrance. (Perhaps an arranged "candid" shot?)
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1952 photo of a class at Winooski High School. The building at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. served as the high school from 1912 until 1960. A small sign to the right of the entrance states that it is a Standard School. Slightly different exposure see in mcalB22F25i06.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a class at Winooski High School, dated Oct., 1952. The school was located at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St., Winooski. It closed in 1960 after the completion of a new high school on Normand St.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (but likely late 1940s, early '50s) of a class at Winooski High School. The building at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. served as the high school from 1912 until 1960. A small sign to the right of the entrance states that it is a Standard School.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (but likely late 1940s, early '50s) of a class at Winooski High School. The building at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. served as the high school from 1912 until 1960. A small sign to the right of the entrance states that it is a Standard School. (See also mcalB22F25i11.)
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1952. [see dated photo mcalB22F25i08] "Candid" moment of students socializing in front of Winooski High School.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (Oct. 1952?) of students in a classroom at Winooski High School. History? Civics? The unfinished portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart hangs just above the blackboard.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated Winooski High School classroom with teacher and students. May be for one of the school's yearbooks.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated Winooski High School classroom with teacher and students. May be for one of the school's yearbooks. Photo #27.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated Winooski High School classroom with teacher and students. Here students face the camera while at their desks. May be for one of the school's yearbooks. Photo #28.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated Winooski High School classroom with teacher and students. Typing class. May be for one of the school's yearbooks.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (Oct. 1952?) of students in a classroom at Winooski High School. History? Civics? The unfinished portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart hangs just above the blackboard. Photo #16.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of male students in a classroom at Winooski High School with teacher observing.
Title: Winooski High School - Misc.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Winooski High School (built 1912) with four students standing in the entrance. The building stood at the corner of East Spring and Leclair Streets and served as high school until 1960. The current high school on Normand St. was built in 1959.
Title: Winooski High School - Misc.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Winooski High School (built 1912) with four students standing in the entrance. The building stood at the corner of East Spring and Leclair Streets and served as high school until 1960. The current high school on Normand St. was built in 1959.
Title: Winooski High School - Misc.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1952 group of Winooski High School students with teacher.
Title: Winooski High School - Misc.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1952 group of Winooski High School students.
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