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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- Winooski (Vt.) [3]
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- black-and-white photographs [34]
- photographs [34]
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- Football [34]
- High school athletes [27]
- School sports [21]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [12]
- Boys [10]
- High school students [2]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [1]
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Topic: ("Football")
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
An alternate pose for 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 #4.
Title: School Sports - Football
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949; 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948 / 1949 close-up photo of three football players on stadium field.
Title: School Sports - Football
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of three football players on stadium field.
Title: School Sports - Football
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of high school football team with coaches in gymnasium. Photo #3.
Title: School Sports - Football
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of high school football team with coaches in gymnasium. Photo 1.
Title: School Sports - Football
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of high school football team with coaches in gymnasium. Photo 2.
Title: Winooski High School - Football
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
"Undated" (1952) portrait photo of the Winooski High School football team. In the top row are coach Stan Yankowski (far right) and asst. coach Ray Villemaire (far left). Names of other players are in: Skip Tipson, Winooski High Football 1931-1974, available in Bailey/Howe Special Collections. The team record that year: 1-6-0.
Title: Winooski High School - Football
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1952 portrait photo of the Winooski High School football team. In the top row are coach Stan Yankowski (far right) and asst. coach Ray Villemaire (far left). Names of other players are in: Skip Tipson, Winooski High Football 1931-1974, available in Bailey/Howe Special Collections. The team record that year: 1-6-0.
Title: Winooski High School - Football
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
"Undated" (1952) portrait photo of the Winooski High School football team. In the top row are coach Stan Yankowski (far right) and asst. coach Ray Villemaire (far left). Names of other players are in: Skip Tipson, Winooski High Football 1931-1974, available in Bailey/Howe Special Collections. The team record that year: 1-6-0.
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