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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- Vergennes (Vt.) [1]
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- black-and-white photographs [29]
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- High school athletes [29]
- High school students [29]
- Portrait photography [23]
- School sports [19]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [16]
- Boys [4]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- Gymnasiums [3]
- Baseball [2]
- Football [2]
- Drum majorettes [1]
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [1]
- Rifles [1]
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Title: Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945-1952 Seven BHS cheerleaders kneel on the gymnasium floor and strike a pose in formation. Photo #4.
Title: Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Six BHS cheerleaders pose outside on the steps of the high school building (Edmunds). Photo #7.
Title: Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Six BHS cheerleaders pose outside on the steps of the high school building (Edmunds). Photo #6.
Title: Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Five female BHS cheerleaders pose in a squat position outside the school with the large megaphones.
Title: Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Three male and four female BHS cheerleaders strike a pose with large megaphones outside the school. Photo #3.
Title: Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Five female BHS cheerleaders strike a pose with the large megaphones. Photo #2?
Title: Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Seven BHS cheerleaders strike a pose outside with the large megaphones. Photo #4.
Title: Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Seven BHS cheerleaders with large megaphones strike a pose in front of the Edmunds High School building. Photo #1.
Title: Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Seven BHS cheerleaders with large megaphones pose in front of Edmunds, the high school building that housed Burlington High School. Photo #2.
Title: Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Eight BHS cheerleaders with large megaphones pose in front of Edmunds, the high school building that housed Burlington High School. Photo #4.
Title: Burlington High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Eight BHS cheerleaders with large megaphones pose in front of Edmunds, the high school building that housed Burlington High School. Photo #3.
Title: Burlington High School Baseball Team
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated (maybe 1955 / 1959) photograph of the Burlington High School baseball team outside on the steps of the school with two trophies and Coach Orrie Jay. Photo #1.
Title: Burlington High School Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a Burlington High School track coach, Carl Adams and student, Allan Remick. Allan wears a dark sweatshirt with the word Burlington on the front. Possibly taken in the Edmunds High School gymnasium. Photo appears in BHS yearbook Oread 1954, p. 41.
Title: Burlington High School Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of student David Dilloway, BHS class of 1954, and Mr. Edward Keenan, the Burlington High School Rifle Club's coach) each holding a rifle. Behind David is a poster giving tips for safe shooting. Taken for BHS yearbook, Oread 1954, p. 26.
Title: Cathedral High School Basketball Team, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Basketball team 1956 - 1957 of Cathedral High School. Formal photo of high school basketball team in uniform assembled in the gymnasium beneath the hoop. Appears in school yearbook, The Tower, 1957. James McKenzie (manager), Gary Farrell, Danny Clark, James Pratt, Robert Benoit, Charles Smith, John Gaudreau, Edward Couture, Al Guyette, Michael Pearo, Phil McKenzie, Royce Pollard (manager), Howard Gover (manager) Photo #32.
Title: Cathedral High School Basketball Team, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Starters for the Cathedral High School basketball team 1956 - 1957. Formal photo of the team in uniform in the gymnasium. Hoop in background. Photo appears in the school yearbook, The Tower, 1957, on p. 82. Danny Clark, Al Guyette, Robert Benoit, Charles Smith, John Gaudreau, Phil McKenzie, Gary Farrell. Photo #34.
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: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 photo of the baseball team for the Cathedral High School, directed by Coach Tom Alberico, that appears in the 1959 year book, Tower Echoes, p. 87. Front row, left to right, Moe LaFrance, Cliff Pashby, Mike McKenzie, Tom Gabbeitt, Ron Grenon, Tom Henry, Jerry Premo. 2nd row: Gerry Grenon, Russ Tilley, Bob Polworth, Mike Thibault, Dan Navin, Warren Ellis. 3rd row: Coach Tom Alberico, Louie Izzo, John Cross, Tom O'Connor, Ray Houle, Mat Quinn, Matthew Halpin.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 or 1957 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy cheerleaders in uniform in cheering poses outside on the steps of the school with large megaphone with initials MSM. Photo #29
Title: Vergennes High School - Baseball
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vergennes High School baseball team and, presumably, their coach. (School history: built in 1871, for elem. and high school grades; after 1950, high school only; 1959, replaced by new union high school; 1964, demolished to allow construction of supermarket.)
Title: Winooski High School - Basketball (Girls)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 Winooski High School Girls' Basketball team.
Title: Winooski High School - Basketball (Girls)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 Winooski High School Girls' Basketball team.
Title: Winooski High School - Basketball - Class 'B' Champs
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 Winooski High School Boys' Basketball team; Class B champions. Photo #2.
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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