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.) [23]
- Middlebury (Vt.) [1]
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- image [25]
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- black-and-white photographs [23]
- photographs [23]
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- Class reunions [25]
- University of Vermont [24]
- Buildings [14]
- Men [4]
- Women [4]
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Topic: ("Class reunions")
Title: Middlebury College - Summer School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1960
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Large group assembled outside Forest Hall on the Middlebury College campus. Broad range of ages--except for college age--suggests it may be reunion weekend, with several classes represented. Dated 1960.
Title: Portraits - Unidentified Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957; 1956-1957
Ca. 1956 photo taken outside the Waterman building at UVM of a small group of alums at a "milestone" reunion, perhaps 50th.
Title: Portraits - Unidentified Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957; 1956-1957
Slightly blurry ca. 1956 photo taken outside the Waterman building at UVM of a small group of alums at a reunion. See also mcalB19F21i12. 50th or 55th?
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Class of 1933 reunion group gathered in front of the Waterman Building at their 25th reunion. Photo appears in the July 1958 edition of the Vermont Alumni Quarterly. Photo #2.
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
If the man in the front row, far left is Arthur L. Chapman, whose Junior portrait appears in the 1927 Ariel, this is the Class of 1928. Photo very likely taken in 1958 because of the similar Waterman setting and background seen in other 1958 reunion photos.
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Class of 1908 gathered in front of Waterman Building at their 50th reunion. Photo appears in July, 1958 alumni quarterly. Men in front are holding a cake, a trophy cup, and wearing special caps (perhaps reminiscing about Kake Walk?). Photo #1?
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Possibly the Class of 1923 at their 35th reunion in 1958, gathered in front of the Waterman Building.
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
(Duplicate of mcalB19F21i05) Class of 1908 gathered in front of Waterman Building at their 50th reunion. Photo appears in July, 1958 alumni quarterly. Men in front are holding a cake, a trophy cup, and wearing special caps (perhaps in honor Kake Walk?).
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
(Duplicate of mcalB19F21i02) If the man in the front row, far left is Arthur L. Chapman, whose Junior portrait appears in the 1927 Ariel, this is the Class of 1928 at their 30th reunion. Photo very likely taken in 1958 because of the similar Waterman setting and background seen in other 1958 reunion photos. Photo #4.
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
(Duplicate of mcalB19F21i04) Possibly the Class of 1923 at their 35th reunion in 1958, gathered in front of the Waterman Building. Photo #3.
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Class of 1920 at their 30th (or 31st) reunion, assembled on the UVM Green with Williams Science Hall in the background (left).
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
(Duplicate of mcalB19F21i08) Class of 1920 at their 30th (or 31st) reunion, assembled on the UVM Green with Williams Science Hall in the background (left).
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Class of 1920 at their 30th (or 31st) reunion, assembled on the UVM Green with Williams Science Hall in the background (left).
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Class of 1932, assembled near the Waterman Building. Probably a 1957 photo of their 25th reunion.
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
(Duplicate of mcalB19F21i11) Class of 1932, assembled near the Waterman Building. Probably a 1957 photo of their 25th reunion.
Title: UVM - Class Reunions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
(Duplicate of mcalA18F11i18) Reunion of University of Vermont Class of 1907, taken in 1957 at their 50th reunion. Ferdinand H. Pease (2nd row, 3rd from left) is shown giving the reunion address to his class in the alumni magazine (July, 1957). Waterman building in background.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
University of Vermont reunion (30th?) of Class of 1916. Significance of hats, canes, sashes and white apparel unknown.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
University of Vermont Class of 1920 reunion (40th? 45th?) on the steps of the Billings Library.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Class of 1933 reunion group gathered in front of the Waterman Building at their 25th reunion. Photo appears in the July 1958 edition of the Vermont Alumni Quarterly.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
University of Vermont Class of [?] reunion. Unknown year, but if taken in the late 1950s, this could be a 45th or 50th reunion for an early 1900s class. Background is probably the Waterman building.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Reunion (25th, in 1957?)of University of Vermont Class of 1932. Background is very likely the Waterman building.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Reunion of University of Vermont Class of 1907, taken in 1957 at their 50th reunion. Ferdinand H. Pease (2nd row, 3rd from left) is shown giving the reunion address to his class in the alumni magazine (July, 1957). Waterman building in background.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
University of Vermont Class of 1908 in front of the Waterman building at their 50th reunion. This photo is published in the UVM alumni magazine (July, 1958, p.13), and a caption states that the class won a cake, cup, and cap(s).
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
(Duplicate of mcalB19F21i02) If the man in the front row, far left is Arthur L. Chapman, whose Junior portrait appears in the 1927 Ariel, this is the Class of 1928 at their 30th reunion. Photo very likely taken in 1958 because of the similar Waterman setting and background seen in other 1958 reunion photos.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Reunion of UVM Class of 1911 assembled outside what is now Royall Tyler Theater (then a gymnasium). Class reunions often had a costume competition, which explains the Roman togas and laurel wreaths. The reunion of 1956 had 21 registered from the Class of '11--approx. the number here--but clothing and age suggests perhaps a reunion in the 1940s.
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