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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- Gymnasiums [114]
- High school students [63]
- Portrait photography [39]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [38]
- High school buildings [33]
- Young women [18]
- Architectural photography [16]
- Basketball [11]
- Bands (Music) [9]
- Buildings [9]
- Interior architecture [9]
- Musicians [9]
- High school athletes [8]
- High school teachers [8]
- Men [8]
- Women [8]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- College students [6]
- Drum majorettes [6]
- Girls [6]
- University of Vermont [6]
- Athletics [5]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [5]
- Musical groups [5]
- Santa Claus [5]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [5]
- Construction projects [4]
- Priests [4]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- Boys [3]
- Children [3]
- Christmas greens [2]
- Family [2]
- Veterans [2]
- Banners [1]
- Cake [1]
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- College graduates [1]
- Dance [1]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
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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
Large co-ed 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.)
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
Large co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym 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
Large co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym 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
Large co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym 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
Large co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym 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
Large co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym 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 co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym for a group photo. Apparently, a spotlight has been directed at the students on the right side.
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949; 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1948 photo of at least 200 young people and adults. Room is probably a gymnasium in Burlington. Occasion may be a gathering before graduation such as baccalaureate (both Anglican and Roman Catholic clergy are present).
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949; 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1948 photo of at least 200 young people and adults. Room is probably a gymnasium in Burlington. Occasion may be a gathering before graduation such as baccalaureate (both Anglican and Roman Catholic clergy are present).
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949; 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1948 photo of at least 200 young people and adults. Room is probably a gymnasium in Burlington. Occasion may be a gathering before graduation such as baccalaureate (both Anglican and Roman Catholic clergy are present). This is the "female" side of the assembly. mcalB17F24i01-02 showed mostly the boys.
Title: Trinity College - Sports & Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 Trinity College students and members of a sports team (basketball?).
Title: Trinity College - Sports & Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 Trinity College tennis and basketball players, assembled in the gym.
Title: Trinity College - Sports & Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 Trinity College students displaying ski equipment and trophies in the gymnasium as members of either a ski club or team or athletics in general at Trinity College. Photo #1.
Title: Trinity College - Sports & Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 Trinity College students displaying ski equipment and trophies in the gymnasium as members of either a ski club or team, or as athletes in general at Trinity College. Photo #2.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A large group of men and women in costume assemble in a gymnasium type room, possibly in Southwick Hall on Redstone campus. Crepe paper streamers festoon from the ceiling. A group of musicians are seen on a stage in the background.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
8 men in front of the former gymnasium (built 1901), now the Royall Tyler Theatre, which has a restored entrance way but the same arabesque detail on both sides. Athletes seem to be runners. Photo #9.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Large assembly, perhaps a commencement gathering, in the campus gymnasium, which is now the Royall Tyler Theatre (identified by the large arched windows facing south). Event and date of photo unknown, but ladies hat styles have a decidedly late 1920s-early 1930s look.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
UVM Commencement gathering (see mcalA18F11i34) in the gymnasium (built 1901), now restored as the Royall Tyler Theatre and Physical Plant building. Mortar boards can be seen on the right side, in the 12-15 rows closest to the rostrum. Date of photo unknown, but hat styles suggest 1920s-1930s.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of banquet in the old gymnasium (which is now the Physical Plant building and Royall Tyler Theatre), held probably on a reunion weekend or at graduation. Floor seems to be a hard dirt surface.
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of the crowd at Memorial Auditorium for a VFW Christmas bazaar (note decorated tree and Santa Claus).
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of some veterans at Memorial Auditorium, perhaps the people in charge of the bazaar; and, of course, Santa Claus.
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 candid photo of some of the volunteers at the VFW Christmas bazaar, including Santa Claus. McAllister has captured a lively moment in the group interaction. Venue is Memorial Auditorium.
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 photo of some of the volunteers at the VFW Christmas bazaar, including Santa Claus. Some of the women are wearing veterans' caps. Location is Memorial Auditorium.
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of a VFW Christmas event, very likely at Memorial Auditorium. Men and women wearing garrison caps with veterans' insignia are seated and standing for a portrait, with Santa Claus and a Christmas tree in the background.
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo showing more of the interior of Memorial Auditorium. The occasion is very likely an annual Christmas bazaar sponsored by the VFW. A group appear to be lined up to see Santa Claus. Memorial Auditorium opened in 1928 and has a seating capacity of 2,500.
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