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.) [211]
- Winooski River (Vt.) [22]
- Burlington (Vt.) [15]
Format(s)
- image [211]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [205]
- photographs [205]
Topic(s)
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [90]
- Portrait photography [76]
- Bridges [63]
- High school students [51]
- High school athletes [44]
- Basketball [25]
- Street photography [22]
- Gymnasiums [19]
- Baseball [18]
- Girls [16]
- Men [13]
- Landscape photography [12]
- Rivers [12]
- Classrooms [11]
- Business [10]
- Choruses [10]
- Construction workers [10]
- Factories [10]
- High school graduates [9]
- Saint Francis Xavier School (Winooski, Vt.) [9]
- Women [9]
- Employees [8]
- St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.) [8]
- Children [7]
- High school teachers [7]
- Service stations [7]
- Architectural photography [6]
- Automobiles [6]
- Flag raising and lowering [6]
- Flood damage [6]
- Urban parks [6]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [5]
- Street-railroad tracks [5]
- Banners [4]
- Cheerleading [4]
- Church buildings [4]
- Priests [4]
- American Legion [3]
- Bands (Music) [3]
- Bridge railings [3]
- Football [3]
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Dams [2]
- Middle school students [2]
- Soldiers [2]
- Stores, Retail [2]
- Trucks [2]
- Billboards [1]
- Boats and boating [1]
- Cavalry [1]
- Cavalry horses [1]
- Convenience stores [1]
- Crèches (Nativity scenes) [1]
- Dwellings [1]
- Family [1]
- Horses [1]
- Hotels [1]
- Interior architecture [1]
- Offices [1]
- Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States [1]
- Tractors [1]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [1]
- Women veterans [1]
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Title: Portraits - Groups, Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936; 1936
1936 photo of three men the at the American Woolen Co. Safety Award presentation.
Title: Portraits - Groups, Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936; 1936
1936 photo of three men the at the American Woolen Co. Safety Award presentation.
Title: Saint Stephen's
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 the St. Stephen's parish basketball team and their coaches. Location of the gym unknown.
Title: Saint Stephen's
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 the St. Stephen's parish basketball team and their coaches. Location of the gym unknown.
Title: Saint Stephen's
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948; 1947-1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1947 photo of the St. Stephen's parish basketball team and coaching staff. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.
Title: Saint Stephen's
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948; 1947-1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1947 photo of St. Stephen's parish (Winooski, Vt.) basketball team. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.
Title: Saint Stephen's
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of the St. Stephen's parish baseball team and coaches, taken outside the church in Winooski. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.
Title: Saint Stephen's
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of the St. Stephen's parish baseball team and coaches, taken outside the church in Winooski. The priest in the back row, center, is probably the Rt. Rev. John B. McGarry (d. 1951), rector of St. Stephen's at the time of this photo.
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: Sewer Projects
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A view of a large dirt pile to the left of the photo and some timber construction seen to the right. The Champlain Mill in Winooski, Vermont is seen in the upper right corner of the photo.
Title: Sewer Projects
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Winooski Bridge Construction ; sewer project
Title: Sewer Projects
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Winooski Bridge Construction ; sewer project ; view of rebar supports
Title: St. Francis Xavier
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 St. Francis Xavier graduating class gathered outside the school in cap and gown. Located in Winooski, Vt. Photo 2.
Title: St. Francis Xavier
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 St. Francis Xavier graduating class gathered outside the school in cap and gown. Located in Winooski, Vt.
Title: St. Francis Xavier
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 St. Francis Xavier graduating class gathered outside the school in cap and gown. Located in Winooski, Vt. Photo 3.
Title: St. Francis Xavier
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951; 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 St. Francis Xavier graduating class gathered outside the school in cap and gown. Located in Winooski, Vt.
Title: St. Francis Xavier
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951; 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 St. Francis Xavier graduating class gathered outside the school in cap and gown. Located in Winooski, Vt. Photo 1.
Title: St. Francis Xavier
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951; 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 St. Francis Xavier graduating class gathered outside the school in cap and gown. Located in Winooski, Vt. Photo 3.
Title: St. Francis Xavier
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 St. Francis Xavier graduating class gathered outside the school in cap and gown. Located in Winooski, Vt. Photo 2.
Title: St. Francis Xavier
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 St. Francis Xavier graduating class gathered outside the school in cap and gown. Located in Winooski, Vt. Photo 1.
Title: St. Francis Xavier
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 St. Francis Xavier graduating class gathered outside the school in cap and gown. Located in Winooski, Vt. Photo 3.
Title: Winooski
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1928 view of Main Street, Winooski, Vermont with buildings and concrete or cement walls near embankment of the Winooski River. In center background is the Brunswick Hotel.
Title: Winooski
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the Brunswick on Main Street, Winooski, Vermont with a sign advertising a pool room. A mailbox is out front. Another sign lets people know that a telephone is available. And a gas pump is seen to the right. 1930s?
Title: Winooski (4X5)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of buildings on Main Street, Winooski, Vermont near the bridge (that would be to the left). Johnson Grain Company building to the extreme left (slogan Pillsbury's Best near the top). Fence damage seen to the left.
Title: Winooski Bridge
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the Winooski Bridge with trolley tracks in the pavement looking up Colchester Ave. on the Burlington side. Lower Winooski Road (Riverside Ave) bears to the right.
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