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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Creator(s)
- McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963 [3726]
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Place(s)
- Burlington (Vt.) [1468]
- Middlebury (Vt.) [169]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [81]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [78]
- Winooski (Vt.) [76]
- Colchester (Vt.) [71]
- Bristol (Vt.) [61]
- Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.) [41]
- Milton (Vt.) [40]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [26]
- Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.) [13]
- St. Albans (Vt.) [13]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [12]
- Vergennes (Vt.) [8]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [7]
- Mallets Bay (Vt.) [7]
- Champlain, Lake [6]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [5]
- Richford (Vt.) [4]
- Montpelier (Vt.) [3]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [2]
- Battery Park (Vt.) [1]
- Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.) [1]
Format(s)
- image [3729]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [2913]
- photographs [2913]
Topic(s)
- Portrait photography [3729]
- High school students [699]
- Men [580]
- Women [569]
- Girls [451]
- Students [223]
- Church buildings [218]
- Boys [201]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [192]
- House furnishings [182]
- Young women [180]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [171]
- Middlebury College [169]
- School sports [162]
- School children [158]
- High school buildings [157]
- Basketball [144]
- High school graduates [138]
- Interior architecture [128]
- Priests [123]
- College teachers [121]
- Brides [112]
- Young men [102]
- Bridegrooms [100]
- Buildings [95]
- Choirs (Music) [94]
- Weddings [94]
- Baseball [83]
- Employees [82]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [76]
- Dance recitals [73]
- College students [72]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [71]
- High school students Dramatic production [70]
- Nuns [70]
- Dance [67]
- Soldiers [66]
- Bands (Music) [65]
- Gymnasiums [65]
- Christmas greens [64]
- Restaurants [64]
- Marriage [63]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [62]
- Dwellings [61]
- Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.) [61]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [56]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [55]
- Banners [54]
- Choruses [54]
- College graduates [52]
- Tap dancers [52]
- University of Vermont [51]
- Women veterans [51]
- First communion [50]
- Infants [50]
- Musicians [49]
- Nurses [49]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [49]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [49]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [43]
- Musical groups [43]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [42]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [41]
- Business [41]
- Actors [38]
- Toys [37]
- Veterans [37]
- Middle school students [36]
- Auditoriums [35]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [33]
- Circus performers [33]
- High school teachers [33]
- Chapels [32]
- Costume [32]
- Athletics [31]
- Landscape photography [31]
- Cheerleading [30]
- Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States [29]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesLadies Auxiliary.Dept. of Vermont [29]
- Camps [28]
- Order of the Eastern StarGrand Chapter of Vermont [26]
- St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.) [26]
- Cake [24]
- Bowling [23]
- Dolls [23]
- Drum majorettes [23]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [23]
- Armed Forces Officers [22]
- Camping [22]
- Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.) [22]
- Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.) [21]
- Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.) [21]
- Fanny Allen Hospital [20]
- Camp Holy Cross (Vt.) [17]
- Worship programs [17]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [16]
- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [16]
- Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.) [16]
- Track and field athletes [16]
- Flowers [15]
- Fraternal Order of Eagles [15]
- Theaters Stage-setting and scenery [15]
- Cavalry [14]
- Girl Scouts [14]
- South Burlington Central School (Vt.) [14]
- Champlain Transportation Company [13]
- Hospitals [13]
- Orchestra [13]
- St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.) [13]
- Construction workers [12]
- Ferries [12]
- Horses [12]
- Offices [12]
- Salvation Army [11]
- Animals [10]
- Piano [10]
- Milton Elementary School (Milton, Vt.) [9]
- Saint Francis Xavier School (Winooski, Vt.) [9]
- Statues [9]
- Boy Scouts [8]
- Chairs [8]
- Radio broadcasters [8]
- Radio stations [8]
- Architectural photography [7]
- Ballerinas [7]
- Cavalry horses [7]
- Classrooms [7]
- Football [7]
- Gardens [7]
- Greek letter societies [7]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [7]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.) [6]
- Construction projects [6]
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [6]
- First United Methodist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [6]
- Rifles [6]
- St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.) [6]
- Advertising [5]
- Archery [5]
- Automobiles [5]
- DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Furniture [5]
- Burlington Business College [4]
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows [4]
- Knights of Columbus [4]
- Machinery [4]
- Police [4]
- Reunions [4]
- Richford High School (Richford, Vt.) [4]
- Street photography [4]
- Totem poles [4]
- Trucks [4]
- Burlington (Vt.)Police Dept. [3]
- Buses [3]
- Confirmation Catholic Church [3]
- Farms [3]
- New England Telephone and Telegraph Company [3]
- Radio Receivers and reception [3]
- Robert Hull Fleming Museum [3]
- Santa Claus [3]
- Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.) [3]
- Airplanes [2]
- Beauty operators [2]
- Boats and boating [2]
- Burlington International Airport [2]
- Christmas pageants [2]
- Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Rutland, Vt.) [2]
- Department stores [2]
- High school students Track and field [2]
- Military weapons [2]
- Mobile homes [2]
- Modern Woodmen of America [2]
- Museums [2]
- Parades [2]
- Railroad tracks [2]
- Steamboats [2]
- Stores, Retail [2]
- Street-railroad tracks [2]
- Tennis [2]
- Theaters [2]
- Ticonderoga (Steamship) [2]
- VermontGovernor [2]
- B'nai B'rith [1]
- Barns [1]
- Blackface entertainers [1]
- Boxing [1]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [1]
- Cafeterias [1]
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Class reunions [1]
- Farmhouses [1]
- Handicraft [1]
- Painting [1]
- Plants [1]
- Pool (game) [1]
- Radio actors and actresses [1]
- Refrigerators [1]
- Rifle practice [1]
- Trailers [1]
- Urban parks [1]
- Vermont 4-H Clubs [1]
- Wills, William H.1882-1946 [1]
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Topic: ("Portrait photography")
Title: Boxers: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fall-Spring 1930s-1940s Five male boxers pose for a group photo.
Title: Boxers: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fall-Spring 1930s-1940s Five male boxers pose for a group portrait.
Title: Boy Scouts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of seven boy scouts wearing scout shirts, badges and neck scarves lined up on a lawn in front of a white clapboard house 1027 Pine Street, Burlington. Home of John C. Allen in the 1950s. Tall boy in the middle MIGHT be Bruce MacDonald circa 1952.
Title: Boy Scouts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of seven boy scouts in uniform wearing scout shirts, badges and neck scarves grouped on a lawn in front of a white clapboard house 1027 Pine Street, Burlington. Home of John C. Allen in the 1950s according to 1954 city directory. See also mcalB02F06i08
Title: Boy Scouts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of seven boy scouts with a dog. Four boys kneeling on the lawn in front of house at 1027 Pine Street, Burlington. Home of John C. Allen in the 1950s according to 1954 city directory. Boys wearing scout shirts, badges, neck scarves.
Title: Boy Scouts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A photo of boy scout John Allen receiving his God and Country Award from the Assistant Minister Rev. George Lawrence and Mr. Dean (probably the scout leader)in the First Congregational Church sanctuary with the pulpit behind the three men. Taken mid 1950s. John was a member of the church and resided on Pine Street in Burlington.
Title: Boy and Cub Scouts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Winter, Spring. Boy Scouts Four men are seated at a small table with the American flag and another flag on either side of them. A brick wall is behind them. One man is a priest.
Title: Boy and Cub Scouts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Winter, Spring. Boy Scouts. 1945-1956 Four men seated at a small table. The American flag and another flag are on each side of them. One man is a priest. A brick wall is behind them.
Title: Boy and Cub Scouts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Winter, Spring. Boy Scouts. 1945-1956 A group of scouts and leaders pose for a group photo. A birch log candle stand is placed in front with 14 lit candles. Photo #1.
Title: Boy and Cub Scouts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Winter, Spring. Boy Scouts. 1945-1956 A group of scouts and leaders pose for a group photo. A birch log candle stand is placed in front with 14 lit candles. Photo #2.
Title: Boy and Cub Scouts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Seven boy scouts in uniform wearing scout shirts, badges and neck scarves grouped on a lawn in front of a white clapboard house. See also mcalA01F12i02
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #1.
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #17
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #7
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #6
![Thumbnail: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalB02F12i05-thumb.jpg)
Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #7
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #22
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 A group of Bristol school students gather outside around a truck. Nearby buildings seen in the background. In the right center is what used to be the old elementary school (now Bristol Historical Society building?)
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #16
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #25.
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #32.
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #13.
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #18?
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #15.
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #12.
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