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 Business College [18]
- College students [15]
- Young women [13]
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Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1942 Burlington Business College women's basketball team.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1942 Burlington Business College women's basketball team.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1942 Burlington Business College Christmas party with Santa Claus attending. One woman holds a large doll.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1942 Burlington Business College women are gathered around a piano at Christmas time. They hold what may be sheets of music for a carol sing. Christmas trees seen to the right. Photo #3.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1942 Burlington Business College women look to be putting on a skit in front of an audience. One woman holds a Shirley Temple like doll, another ice skates, a third holds a doll as if it were a baby. Christmas trees seen to the right.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1942. Women college students of the Burlington Business College celebrate Christmas and receive gifts from Santa Claus. Photo #2.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Classroom setting with women students at the Burlington Business College in 1942. They sit two at a shared wooden desk aligned in rows.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Classroom setting with both male and female students of the Burlington Business College in typing class,1942. Posters on the wall show the Underwood and Royal brand of typewriters.
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 Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Burlington Business College students gather as members of the Kappa Theta Greek fraternity for women. Dated 1942.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Male and female college students are seen in a classroom setting at the Burlington Business College. 1940s? They sit two side by side at shared wooden desks.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Classroom setting with male and female students of the Burlington Business College in a typing class. Photo #4.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Classroom setting with male and female students of the Burlington Business College sitting at double wooden desks. Photo #2.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Classroom setting with male and female students of the Burlington Business College in a typing class. Photo #3.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
December 1946. Classroom setting with women students of the Burlington Business College sitting at individual wooden desks. Instructor stands at the back holding a book. Photo #6.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
December 1946. Classroom setting with women students of the Burlington Business College sitting at individual wooden desks. Instructor stands at the back holding a book. Photo #5.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Classroom setting with students of the Burlington Business College working at electric calculating machines in a bookkeeping class. A mimeograph machine is seen in the back. Dated 1954.
Title: Burlington Business College
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a classroom blackboard or chalkboard with shorthand written on it.
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