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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- black-and-white photographs [64]
- photographs [64]
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- Bands (Music) [65]
- Portrait photography [65]
- High school students [38]
- Musicians [23]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [21]
- College teachers [6]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Banners [4]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- Children [3]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- School children [3]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [2]
- Barns [1]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [1]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Church buildings [1]
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- Men [1]
- Rifle practice [1]
- Young men [1]
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Title: Milton High School - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Milton High School band assembled inside the school building with their leader could this be Sterling Weed of St. Albans?) including student Martha Helen Horican (middle row, 3rd from right) and Agnes Anne Rlowley (middle row, 4th from right) Photo #7.
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated McLure's Student Band from McIndoes, Vermont assembled on the steps of Burlington Vermont's City Hall (facing City Hall Park). May be part of All State music event. Photo #1.
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Centennial Field located in Burlington, Vermont. Burlington Military Band. A man in a clown outfit stands in front. Circa 1920s - 1930s.
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Burlington High school student band? Group assembled on stage in the auditorium located at the Edmunds High School building in Burlington, Vermont where BHS was held. Event may be All State. Undated. Photo #1?
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Student band (may be Christ the King) with Rev. Benjamin Wysolmerski. Location unknown, may be Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Undated.
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Student band (may be Christ the King) with Rev. Benjamin Wysolmerski, second pose. Location unknown, may be Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Undated.
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cathedral High School student band with their leader (Dr. Joseph Lechnyr?). Location unknown, may be at the high school located in Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Undated.
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Student band with their leader. Location Edmunds High School gymnasium/auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Undated.
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Student band with their leader. Location Edmunds High School gymnasium/auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Undated.
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Student band with their leader. Location Edmunds High School gymnasium/auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Undated.
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cathedral High School? Student band and baton twirlers with drum major assembled on stage. Location may be at the school or elsewhere in Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Photo #39.
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cathedral High School band and baton twirlers with drum major assembled on stage under the direction of Dr. Joseph Lechnyr, top right. Location may be at the school or elsewhere in Burlington, Vermont. Event may be All State. Photo #37.
Title: Parizo's Sunset Ranch
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1937
Summer, 1937 photo of a Texas-style swing band in front of Parizo's Sunset Ranch, very likely a popular barn dance venue. Musicians are dressed in cowboy attire and playing their instruments: 2 guitars, violin, mandolin, and banjo. Each is identified by first names(l.-r.): Danny, Shorty, Tex, Ray, and Pewe (Pee-wee?).
Title: UVM - ROTC : Ethan Allen Rifles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Members of Ethan Allen Rifles were ROTC students at UVM. According to the 1953 Ariel (UVM yearbook), in which this photo appears (p.100), two major objectives of the group were to organize an annual military ball and provide a drill platoon at Federal Inspection. Dated 1951. Photo #79.
Title: UVM - ROTC Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The UVM ROTC Band (aka "Co-ed Band"). Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. Women were allowed to join the band when the war effort drew away so many male musicians. Here, all but a few band members are women. Dated 1945. Photo #3.
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.
Title: UVM - ROTC Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
UVM ROTC Band (also known as the "Co-ed Band"), perhaps on the stage of the Southwick Ballroom at UVM. Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. If this photo dates from 1944, this is probably the first year of the co-ed band. The following years would see many more women than men participating. Photo #1.
Title: UVM - ROTC Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
UVM ROTC Band (also known as the "Co-ed Band"), perhaps on the stage of the Southwick Ballroom at UVM. Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. If this photo dates from 1944, this is probably the first year of the co-ed band. The following years would see many more women than men participating. Photo #2.
Title: UVM - ROTC Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The UVM ROTC Band (aka "Co-ed Band") in formation in front of the Waterman Building. Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. This photo is published in the 1946 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p.111. The Ariel explains that this was the 2nd year the band was "supplemented by girl members," presumably because male musicians were involved in the war effort. All but 5 members of this band are women. Photo #2.
Title: UVM - ROTC Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The UVM ROTC Band (aka "Co-ed Band") in formation in front of the Waterman Building. Director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) is in the front row, center. photo is published in the 1946 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p.111. The Ariel explains that this was the 2nd year the band was "supplemented by girl members," presumably because male musicians were involved in the war effort. All but 5 members of this band are women. Photo #3.
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Monroe, NH school band poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #4?
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 school band poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #9.
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 McLure's Student Band from McIndoes, Vermont school poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #2.
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952. Monroe School Band from Monroe, New Hampshire assembled on the steps of Burlington Vermont's City Hall (facing west). Photo #3.
Title: Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Lisbon, NH school band poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #7?
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