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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- Bristol (Vt.) [15]
- Burlington (Vt.) [13]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [11]
- St. Albans (Vt.) [7]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [5]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [5]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [3]
- Champlain, Lake [1]
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- image [78]
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- black-and-white photographs [71]
- photographs [71]
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- Athletics [78]
- Portrait photography [31]
- Basketball [22]
- Girls [21]
- High school athletes [21]
- Tennis [9]
- Baseball [8]
- Gymnasiums [8]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [8]
- Landscape photography [7]
- College students [5]
- Camps [4]
- Football [4]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [4]
- Volleyball [4]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [3]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) [2]
- Drum majorettes [2]
- Employees [2]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [2]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Urban parks [2]
- Young men [2]
- Banners [1]
- Bowling [1]
- Burlington Business College [1]
- Cheerleading [1]
- High school students [1]
- Hockey [1]
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- University of Vermont [1]
- Women [1]
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Title: Bristol School -Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 Bristol girls' basketball team in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. One girl holds a plush panda bear mascot (with one eye?). Photo #23.
Title: Bristol School -Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School boys' basketball team with coaches in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #30
Title: Bristol School -Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School boys' basketball team with coaches in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #29
Title: Bristol School -Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School boys' basketball team with coach in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #9
Title: Bristol School -Basketball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1946 Bristol School boys' basketball team with coach in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #10
Title: Bristol School -Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Bristol School cheerleaders pose in front of the old high school with magaphones. Bristol, Vermont. Undated but may be 1940s. Photo #21.
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: Camp Birchcliffe Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 1945. A game of volley ball at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #19.
Title: Camp Birchcliffe Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 1945. A game of volley ball at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #18.
Title: Camp Birchcliffe Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 1945. A game of volley ball at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #20.
Title: Camp Birchcliffe Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Game of baseball at Camp Birchcliffe in Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #5.
Title: Camp Birchcliffe Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Game of tennis on the courts of Camp Birchcliffe in Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #7.
Title: Camp Kill Kare
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Kamp Kill Kare boys exercise on overhead cross bars under the supervision of a camp counselor. Boys wear official camp T-shirts complete with individual numbers. Camp was once located on Hathaway Point (1906-1966) in St. Albans Bay, Vermont and later became Kill Kare State Park. Photo #11.
Title: Camp Kill Kare
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo #9 of Kamp Kill Kare boys receiving tennis lessons on the court under the instruction of a camp counselor. No date but may be 1950s or 1960s. Camp existed from 1906 to 1966 located on Hathaway Point in St. Albans Bay Vermont and later became Kill Kare State Park. Photo #9.
Title: Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Girls at Camp Marycrest partake in a tennis lesson. The camp was for girls and operated from 1957 to 1993 by the Sisters of Mercy located in Grand Isle, Vermont. Beyond the open court is seen Lake Champlain. Undated but may be 1950s or 1960s. Photo #41.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Tennis or badminton at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Lake Champlain in the background.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Tennis at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #42.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a game of girls volley ball at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #3.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A game of girls badminton near a main building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont.
Title: Camp Marycrest - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Campers of Camp Marycrest play a game of girls badminton near the large main building at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vt.
Title: Camps: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A girls' team takes the field in a summer ball game perhaps at a girls camp. They are dressed in uniform with long sleeved white tops, sailor type dark colored ties and bloomers. Cottages and mountains are seen in the background. Location and date unknown but may be 1920s, 1930s. Photo #23.
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: Civilian Conservation Corps
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935/1936 photo of Civilian Conservation Corps baseball team. Photo #3.
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