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.) [136]
- Winooski (Vt.) [32]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [25]
- Vergennes (Vt.) [11]
- Bristol (Vt.) [6]
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- image [277]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [276]
- photographs [276]
Topic(s)
- High school buildings [277]
- Portrait photography [157]
- High school students [125]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [86]
- High school graduates [66]
- Architectural photography [26]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [25]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [24]
- Young men [23]
- Girls [21]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [20]
- Auditoriums [16]
- Shelburne Public School (Shelburne, Vt.) [16]
- High school athletes [15]
- Priests [12]
- Baseball [11]
- Saint Francis Xavier School (Winooski, Vt.) [9]
- Classrooms [8]
- Interior architecture [8]
- Nuns [7]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [6]
- Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.) [6]
- Construction projects [4]
- High school students Dramatic production [4]
- Basketball [3]
- Actors [2]
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Furniture [2]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Street photography [2]
- Boys [1]
- Buildings [1]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [1]
- Cafeterias [1]
- Choirs (Music) [1]
- Choruses [1]
- Christmas pageants [1]
- Costume [1]
- Men [1]
- Musical groups [1]
- Musicians [1]
- Orchestra [1]
- School children [1]
- Snow removal [1]
- Snowplows [1]
- Tractors [1]
- Trucks [1]
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Topic: ("High school buildings")
Title: Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 1951 Construction of the Burlington High School Gymnasium / Auditorium showing the metal framing from the exterior. View is looking west toward the lake. Photo #51.
Title: Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 1951 Construction of the Burlington High School (Edmunds building) Auditorium / Gymnasium on South Union Street, Burlington showing metal framing from the exterior.
Title: Burlington High School - Auditorium Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 / 1952 Construction of the Burlington High School Auditorium / Gymnasium at the Edmunds building on South Union Street in Burlington showing the interior.
Title: Burlington High School - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of large group of men and women in the Edmunds High School building auditorium. "BHS" seen above the stage. Burlington High School occupied the Edmunds building until 1964 when the new North Avenue BHS buildings were built. Photo #2.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950s photo of Burlington High School machine shop.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950s photo of Burlington High School machine shop.
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955/1956 BHS Student Council with Miss Mildred E. Akins, adviser. Photo appears in 1956 yearbook, Oread, p. 70
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955-1956 BHS Student Council with Miss Mildred E. Atkins, advisor
Title: Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954/1955 Burlington High School chemistry class with Mr. Karl L. Buck. Photo appears in BHS yearbook Oread, p. 51.
Title: Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Southeasterly view of Edmunds High School (Burlington High School) at the corner of Main Street and So. Union Street. Street crews after a heavy snow fall seen with two dept. vehicles. A chain connects a tractor with spiked wheels to a truck behind it as they clear the sidewalks. Undated (may be circa 1925) Photo also seen in UVM's Historic Burlington Project web site.
Title: Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: Undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated but may be late 1920s or early 1930s view of Pearl Street looking east. To the right is the Cathedral High School. In the distance also on the right is the towering Masonic Temple building at the corner of Pearl and Church St.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of female students outside gathered for a group picture on the steps of Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont. A priest stands in front row at the center. Photo #2.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of female students outside gathered for a group picture on the steps of Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont. A priest stands in front row at the center. Photo #3.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of female students outside gathered for a group picture on the steps of Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont.Photo #1.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 class photo of Cathedral High School students standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont. The girls in the front row hold each others' pinkie fingers. Photo #14.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 photo of a small group Cathedral High School students standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #15.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 photo of some male Cathedral High School students assembled in the gym for a group picture. Photo #18.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 class photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #11.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 group photo of female Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #12
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 group photo of Cathedral High School students and a faculty member. Probably taken for the school year book. Photo #22
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 group photo of female Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #13.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 group photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #14
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 group photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #3.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 group photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #9?
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 class photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #6.
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