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.) [530]
- Milton (Vt.) [30]
- Bristol (Vt.) [22]
- Winooski (Vt.) [19]
- Vergennes (Vt.) [1]
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- black-and-white photographs [688]
- photographs [688]
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- High school students [688]
- Portrait photography [688]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [237]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [209]
- Girls [209]
- Gymnasiums [39]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [39]
- Bands (Music) [38]
- Choirs (Music) [36]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [32]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [30]
- Boys [25]
- Cheerleading [24]
- Drum majorettes [23]
- High school athletes [23]
- Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.) [22]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [19]
- School sports [18]
- Auditoriums [17]
- High school teachers [16]
- Musicians [15]
- Business [13]
- Students [13]
- Banners [12]
- Young women [12]
- Young men [8]
- Orchestra [7]
- Family [6]
- Nuns [6]
- Basketball [5]
- High school graduates [5]
- High school students Dramatic production [5]
- Classrooms [3]
- Musical groups [3]
- Priests [3]
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- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Rifles [2]
- School children [2]
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Topic: ("High school students")
Topic: ("Portrait photography")
Genre: ("black-and-white photographs")
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of some high school students--all girls except for one boy--seated for a portrait. Identity of group, school, and occasion are unknown.
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of some high school students--all girls except for one boy--seated for a portrait. Identity of group, school, and occasion are unknown.
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949; 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1948 photo of at least 200 young people and adults. Room is probably a gymnasium in Burlington. Occasion may be a gathering before graduation such as baccalaureate (both Anglican and Roman Catholic clergy are present). This is the "female" side of the assembly. mcalB17F24i01-02 showed mostly the boys.
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of a group of young men and women. Identity of group, location, and occasion unknown.
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1951 photo of a group of high school students. Identity of the group, location, and occasion unknown.
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1951 photo of a group of high school students. Identity of group, location, and occasion unknown.
Title: Vergennes High School - Students & Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 Vergennes High School student organization with military style uniform, perhaps the marching band without their instruments? Director is in front row, center. Background is the entrance to the high school, which was built in 1871. Photo #6
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 - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of the Winooski High School chorus with banner and choral director. Photo #3.
Title: Winooski High School - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of the Winooski High School girls' chorus with banner. They wear white tops with ribbon ties at collar. Photo #5.
Title: Winooski High School - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of the Winooski High School girls' chorus with banner and choral director. The girls wear white tops with ribbon ties at collar. Photo #2.
Title: Winooski High School - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of the Winooski High School girls' chorus being directed by choral leader. School banner hangs overhead. The girls wear white tops with ribbon ties at collar. Photo #6.
Title: Winooski High School - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of the Winooski High School chorus with an adult man and woman. The singers wear cardigan sweaters with lyre emblem badge. Photo #2.
Title: Winooski High School - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of the Winooski High School chorus with an adult man and woman. The singers wear cardigan sweaters with lyre emblem badge. Photo #1.
Title: Winooski High School - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 / 1950 photo of the Winooski High School girls' chorus with an adult man and woman. The singers wear choral robes. Photo #2.
Title: Winooski High School - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 / 1950 photo of the Winooski High School girls' chorus with an adult man and woman. The singers wear choral robes. Photo #1.
Title: Winooski High School - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of the Winooski High School girls' chorus with banner and choral director. The girls wear white tops with ribbon ties at collar. Photo #1.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (but perhaps Oct. '52?) of a large group of students in front of Winooski High School, at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. A new school was built on Normand St. in 1959, replacing the large brick edifice seen here.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (but likely late 1940s, early '50s) of a class at Winooski High School. The building at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. served as the high school from 1912 until 1960. A small sign to the right of the entrance states that it is a Standard School. Slightly different exposure see in mcalB22F25i09
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1952 photo of a class at Winooski High School. The building at the corner of E. Spring and Leclair St. served as the high school from 1912 until 1960. A small sign to the right of the entrance states that it is a Standard School. Slightly different exposure see in mcalB22F25i06.
Title: Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo (Oct. 1952?) of students in a classroom at Winooski High School. History? Civics? The unfinished portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart hangs just above the blackboard.
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 - Misc.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 group of Winooski High School students.
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