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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Published: November 19, 2007, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Judy Meachum is reflected in a wall mirror as she poses in her tap dance recital costume. Location 115 North Ave, home studio of Lorette Sousie School of Dance owned by Lorette Sousie. Circa 1957-61. Oil painting on the wall by Marcel Bergeron. Photo 26.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A young lady strikes a pose before a wall mirror in a dance studio dressed in her dance recital outfit and tap dance shoes. Location 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont, the location of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance owned by Lorette Sousie. Date circa 1957-61. Photo 29.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Five young girls pose as they are lined up on stage in their tap dance recital costumes. Location Lyman C Hunt School on North Ave in Burlington, Vermont in the circa 1957-61. Students of Lorette Sousie School of Dance owned by Lorette Sousie of Burlington. Photo 28.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Donna Sousie (center) appears on stage with two fellow dancers in a dance recital with a Valentine theme. Donna sits before a large backdrop with a heart shape design upon it. They all wear knee length party dresses with floral trim. Location Lyman C Hunt Middle School, Burlington, Vermont taken circa 1957-61. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington. Photo 2.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Boys and girls form a line upon a stage dressed in dance recital outfits. All wear top hats and tap dance shoes. Location Lyman C Hunt Middle School, Burlington, Vermont taken circa 1957-61. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance in Burlington. Photo 22.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Four young girls give a salute as they stand in line wearing their dance recital outfits, caps, fishnet stockings and footwear covering their tap dance shoes. Left to right Dolores Maynard, Jean Fontaine, Donna Sousie, Karen Brown. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance. Girls are dong a military tap dance. Photo taken at 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont, location of the school. Date circa 1957-61. Photo 1.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A young girl poses with arms up lifted wearing a full skirted polka-dot summer dress and tap dance shoes. Student of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, Burlington, Vermont. Photo taken at 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington circa 1955-56. Photo 38.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Five young girls pose in their dance recital outfits of white short sleeved blouses, wide sashes, short check skirts and tap dance shoes. They stand before a large wall mirror in which their images are reflected. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, Burlington, Vermont. Photo taken at 138 No. Winooski Ave. Circa 1955-56. Photo 2.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two girls dressed in dance recital outfits strike a pose in their tap dance shoes. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance located in Burlington, Vermont. Photo taken at 138 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington. Circa 1955-56. Photo 31.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Judy Meachum in top hat and tails poses in front of a wall mirror in which her image is reflected. She carries a cane. Student of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 35.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Seven young tap dancers line up and strike a pose in their Tyrolean style skirts, vests, short aprons and tap dance shoes. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance in Burlington, Vermont. Photo taken at 138 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington circa 1955-56. Photo 23.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Six young tap dancers, three girls and three boys pose in their dance recital outfits. The boys wear top hats and tails. The girls wear above the kneel sparkly dresses with thin shoulder straps. Left to right are Karen Brown, Donna Sousie, Judy Meachum, Alan Sousie, Paul Foisy, Norman Matton. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Oil paintings on the wall by Marcel Bergeron. Circa 1957-61. Photo 2.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Donna Sousie and her brother Alan Sousie strike a pose in their tap dance recital costumes in front of a large wall mirror in which their image is reflected. Boy wears top hat and tails. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 7
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Donna Sousie and her brother Alan (children of dance studio owner Lorette Sousie) are reflected in a wall mirror as they pose in their tap dance recital costumes. Location 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Home studio of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance. Circa 1957-61. Photo 4.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Donna Sousie in tap shoes and dance recital outfit strikes a pose in front of a large wall mirror in which her image is reflected. Student of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 2.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Donna Sousie in tap shoes and dance recital outfit strikes a pose in front of a large wall mirror in which her image is reflected. Student and daughter of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 27.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Three young girls in tap shoes and dance recital outfit strikes a pose in front of a large wall mirror in which their image is reflected. Left is Donna Sousie, center is Judy Meachum. All students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 32.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two young girls pose in their tap dance recital costumes. Location home studio 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont of Sousie School of Dance owned by Lorette Sousie. Circa 1957-61. Photo 22.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A line of young tap dancers have hands on hips as they extend one leg ready for a dance recital. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Lorette Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Photo taken at 138 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington circa 1955-56. Photo 23
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A young ballerina Jean Fischer, poses as an artist and stands on stage near an easel holding a canvas painting. She holds an artist's palette and wears a beret and smock. Another young girl stands to the right inside a large picture frame wearing a party dress. Date 1956. Location Old Essex High School in Essex, Vermont or City Hall Auditorium, Burlington. Oil painting on easel is by Marcel Bergeron. Photo 14
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two young girls pose in their tap dance outfits. They are students of the Lorette Sousie at the Sousie School of Dance. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Date circa 1955-56. Photo 33.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 photo. Several young women dancers strike a pose holding arched flowered garlands above their heads. They wear ankle length gowns and gloves. They stand on a stepped dais with a curtain backdrop. Location is the stage at Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington, Vermont. Photo 29
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A young ballerina strikes a pose in her dance recital outfit in front of a wall mirror in which her image is reflected. She wears a tutu decorated with daisy blossoms on her tulle skirt. Student of Lorette Sousie of the Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 26.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Four young girls, students of Lorette Sousie at the Sousie School of Dance, pose in their ballerina outfits. Location 138 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont, circa 1955-56. Photo 21.
Title: Dance Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Judy Meachum and her partner in their ballerina dance recital outfits beside a large wall mirror. Students of Lorette Sousie of the Sousie School of Dance, 115 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1957-61. Photo 39.
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