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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Place: ("Shelburne (Vt.)")
Genre: ("black-and-white photographs")
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 7 girls and 5 boys. John E. McGee, principal, science & math teacher, and coach from 1935-1960, stands in the back row. The school closed in 1964. Photo #3.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 7 girls and 5 boys. John E. McGee, principal, science & math teacher, and coach from 1935-1960, stands in the back row. The school closed in 1964. Photo #1.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 7 girls and 5 boys. The school closed in June,1964, a few months before the new Champlain Valley Union High School opened. Photo #2.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948; 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948 photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 4 girls and 4 boys. The school closed in 1964. Photo #2.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 2 girls and 7 boys. The man standing on the far left may be a teacher, but it does not appear to be John McGee, the principal. The school closed in 1964. Photo #3.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943; 1943
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1943 photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 5 girls and 1 boy. The school closed in 1964. Photo #2.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated here but identical to a 1948 photo (see mcalB18F04i13) of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 4 girls and 4 boys. Standing in the back row is principal John E. McGee, who also taught math and science, and coached sports 1935-1960. The school closed in 1964. Photo #1.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of the Shelburne Public School building, located on Shelburne Road, Shelburne, Vt. Built in 1926.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of the Shelburne High School baseball team, with just barely enough players. Principal John E. McGee (perhaps also the team coach) stands in the back row. Photo #2.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948 photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 4 girls and 4 boys. The school closed in 1964. Photo #3.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 6 girls and 3 boys. John E. McGee, principal, science & math teacher, and coach from 1935-1960, stands in the back row. The school closed in 1964. Photo #3.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 6 girls and 2 boys. John E. McGee, principal, science & math teacher, and coach from 1935-1960, stands in the back row. The school closed in 1964.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School. Same group that appears in mcalB18F05i04, but this time in better light and without principal John E. McGee. Photo #1.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 6 girls and 2 boys. John E. McGee, principal, science & math teacher, and coach from 1935-1960, stands in the back row. The school closed in 1964. Photo #2.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated here, but dated 1953 elsewhere (see mcalB18F04i11): the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 2 girls and 7 boys. The school closed in 1964. Photo #3.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 5 girls and 7 boys. The school closed in 1964.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated here but dated 1953 elsewhere (see mcalB18F04i11): the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 2 girls and 7 boys. On the far left is John E. McGee, the principal, who also taught math & science, and coached team sports. The school closed in 1964. Photo #2.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 5 girls and 7 boys. The school closed in 1964.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 5 girls and 7 boys. The school closed in 1964.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 / 1952 group portrait photo of Shelburne Public School students. Photo #4.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 5 girls and 7 boys. Principal (1935-1960) John E. McGee is in the back row, far left. The school closed in 1964.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated here but dated 1943 elsewhere (see mcalB18F04i12): the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 5 girls and 1 boy. The school closed in 1964. Photo #2.
Title: Shelburne High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of the graduating class at Shelburne High School, consisting of 5 girls and 7 boys. The school closed in 1964.
Title: Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a drawing of the Shelburne Museum grounds. This is an earlier map, undated.
Title: Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Former main entrance to the Shelburne Museum. Visitors could at one time enter through one side of the covered bridge. The other side housed wagons, carriages, carts. A horse drawn milk carriage was stationed next to the bridge. No border fence was present at this point in time. In the distance is seen the Colchester Lighthouse and the steamboat Ticonderoga.
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