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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- Drum majorettes [71]
- High school students [61]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [40]
- Bands (Music) [25]
- Musicians [25]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [8]
- Young women [8]
- Gymnasiums [7]
- Auditoriums [5]
- Street photography [4]
- Girls [3]
- Athletics [2]
- High school athletes [2]
- Buildings [1]
- College students [1]
- College teachers [1]
- High school teachers [1]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- University of Vermont [1]
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Topic: ("Drum majorettes")
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band. Drum major and band director, Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), dressed in white, flank the close assembly of band musicians, drum majorette, and baton twirlers. Venue appears to be school ballroom or gymnasium with stage. A 48-star American flag and village scenery comprise the background. Photo no. 24.
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), assembled in front of the Pearl St. entrance of the high school. Photo #16.
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), assembled in front of the Pearl St. entrance of the high school. Photo #15.
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band. Drum major and band director, Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), dressed in white, flank the close assembly of band musicians, drum majorette, and baton twirlers. Venue appears to be school ballroom or gymnasium with stage. A 48-star American flag and village scenery comprise the background. Photo no. missing.
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind the photographer. Photo no. 3?
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind the photographer. Photo No. 5.
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind the photographer. Photo No. 6.
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959), assembled in front of the Pearl St. entrance of the high school. Photo #1.
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band (same group as in mcalB06F23i05), assembled in front of the south entrance to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt.
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind the photographer. Photo No. 4.
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, assembled in front of the south entrance to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt.
Title: Cathedral High School - Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, assembled in front of the south entrance to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt.
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.
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: Cathedral High School - Majorettes
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-04
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cathedral High School majorettes posing in formation on bleachers. Photograph is dated April 1945. Photo #31.
Title: Cathedral High School - Majorettes
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cathedral High School majorettes posing in formation on the the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Photograph is dated 1946.
Title: Cathedral High School - Majorettes
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-04
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Another shot this group of Cathedral High School majorettes posing in formation on bleachers. Photograph is dated April 1945. Photo #30.
Title: Cathedral High School - Majorettes
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A Cathedral High School majorette posing on steps before an American flag. Photograph is dated 1956.
Title: Cathedral High School - Majorettes
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cathedral High School majorettes posing on steps before an American flag. Photograph is dated 1956.
Title: Cathedral High School - Majorettes
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cathedral High School majorettes posing on bleachers. Photograph is dated 1957.
Title: Cathedral High School - Majorettes
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A Cathedral High School majorette posing on bleachers. Photograph is dated 1957.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 majorettes formal photo standing on wooden steps arranged in a "V" formation. An altered version of this photo appears in the school yearbook, Tower 1956. Photo #30. Sally Van Sleet, Captain ; Elizabeth Daley, Pauline McCarthy, Anita Handy, Maureen Barber, Sandra Sinclair, Claire Paris, Lois Crady, Janet Dion, Janet Limoges, Rita Michaud.
Title: Congregational Church, First - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a high school majorette (probably Cathedral High School in the 1950s) Undated. Could this be Sandra Dutra, class of 1958?
Title: Rice Memorial High School - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Drum majorettes! Photo taken in Rice Memorial High School gym.
Title: UVM - ROTC Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The UVM ROTC Band (aka "Co-ed Band") in formation in front of the Billings Library. Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. Photo dated 1953.
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