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.) [13]
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- image [13]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [10]
- photographs [10]
Topic(s)
- Athletics [13]
- Girls [6]
- College students [5]
- Gymnasiums [5]
- High school athletes [5]
- Young men [2]
- Bowling [1]
- Boys [1]
- Burlington Business College [1]
- Football [1]
- High school students [1]
- Landscape photography [1]
- Portrait photography [1]
- Tennis [1]
- Theaters [1]
- University of Vermont [1]
- Young women [1]
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Place: ("Burlington (Vt.)")
Topic: ("Athletics")
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of unidentified group of bowlers and audience. Location is possible the Burlington Bowling Arena on Pearl Street, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group photo of the 1941-1942 men's basketball team of the Burlington Business College.
Title: Burlington High School Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of Cathedral High School drum majorettes. May be 1950s.
Title: Cathedral High School - Football Teams
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A portrait of the Cathedral High School football team standing on the steps of the main entrance to the school. The photograph is dated 1947. Photo #2.
Title: Cathedral High School - Majorettes
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cathedral High School majorettes posing on bleachers. Photograph is dated 1958. Photo #42?
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Softball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
1952 photo of members of Mount St. Mary's Academy softball team on the field. Photo #6.
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Softball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
1952 photo of members of Mount St. Mary's Academy softball team on the field.
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Tennis
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
1952 photo of members of Mount St. Mary's Academy tennis team on the court.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948 photo of six members of the Mt St Mary's basketball team in the gymnasium shooting a basket. Photo #13.
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: 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
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.
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