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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Place(s)
- Burlington (Vt.) [4051]
- Champlain, Lake [53]
- Battery Park (Vt.) [38]
- Colchester (Vt.) [28]
- Winooski (Vt.) [11]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [1]
Format(s)
- image [4051]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [4051]
- photographs [4051]
Topic(s)
- Portrait photography [1336]
- High school students [675]
- Construction projects [670]
- Buildings [566]
- Street photography [513]
- University of Vermont [285]
- Architectural photography [282]
- Young women [274]
- Business [267]
- College students [264]
- Construction workers [206]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [198]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [197]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [185]
- Women [165]
- Men [164]
- High school athletes [151]
- Students [148]
- Children [147]
- Stores, Retail [139]
- High school buildings [135]
- Priests [134]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [131]
- Dwellings [130]
- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [126]
- Bands (Music) [124]
- Hospitals [121]
- Young men [121]
- Burlington International Airport [118]
- Greek letter societies [114]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [113]
- Gymnasiums [112]
- Machinery [109]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [105]
- Choirs (Music) [101]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [98]
- Interior architecture [97]
- Auditoriums [96]
- Boys [96]
- Musicians [95]
- Automobiles [91]
- High school graduates [91]
- Landscape photography [89]
- School children [88]
- Basketball [86]
- Musical groups [85]
- Employees [84]
- High school students Dramatic production [80]
- Nuns [79]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [76]
- Drum majorettes [69]
- Chapels [68]
- Trucks [65]
- Urban parks [62]
- Baseball [61]
- Classrooms [58]
- Street-railroad tracks [58]
- College teachers [56]
- Department stores [54]
- Housing [54]
- College graduates [52]
- Service stations [50]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [49]
- First communion [48]
- Bridges [47]
- School sports [47]
- Veterans [46]
- Banners [45]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [45]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [44]
- Boats and boating [43]
- Nurses [42]
- United StatesWork Projects Administration. [42]
- Choruses [41]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [37]
- Brides [36]
- S.S. Kresge Company [36]
- Actors [35]
- Family [35]
- Ferries [35]
- Gas ovens [35]
- Champlain Transportation Company [34]
- Weddings [34]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [32]
- Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.) [32]
- Worship programs [32]
- Advertising [31]
- Women veterans [31]
- Bridegrooms [30]
- United StatesPublic Works Administration. [30]
- Warships [30]
- Middle school students [29]
- Ships [29]
- Waste disposal sites [29]
- Offices [28]
- Heineberg Bridge (Chittenden County, Vt.) [27]
- Cheerleading [24]
- Confirmation Catholic Church [24]
- Snow removal [24]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesLadies Auxiliary.Dept. of Vermont [24]
- Snowplows [23]
- St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.) [23]
- Class reunions [21]
- Order of the Eastern StarGrand Chapter of Vermont [21]
- Railroad tracks [20]
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [19]
- Burlington Business College [18]
- High school teachers [18]
- St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.) [18]
- Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States [18]
- Drugstores [17]
- Bank buildings [16]
- Costume [16]
- VermontEmergency Relief Administration [16]
- Buses [15]
- First United Methodist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [15]
- Marriage [15]
- Radio stations [15]
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [15]
- Animals [14]
- DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [14]
- Exhibitions [14]
- Railroad trains [14]
- Statues [14]
- Christmas greens [13]
- Salvation Army [13]
- Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.) [13]
- Street signs [13]
- Flowers [12]
- Fraternal Order of Eagles [12]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [12]
- Orchestra [12]
- Quarries and quarrying [12]
- Santa Claus [12]
- South Burlington Central School (Vt.) [11]
- Tractors [11]
- Athletics [10]
- Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Furniture [10]
- House furnishings [10]
- Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Museums [10]
- Refuse and refuse disposal [10]
- St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Traffic accidents [10]
- Hotels [9]
- Radio broadcasters [9]
- Restaurants [9]
- Robert Hull Fleming Museum [9]
- Snowblowers [9]
- Theaters [9]
- Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.) [8]
- Vermont Transit Company [8]
- Bowling [7]
- Cake [7]
- Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- J.K. Kidder Mfg. Co., Inc [7]
- Monuments [7]
- Sewage disposal [7]
- Soldiers [7]
- Airplanes [6]
- Beauty operators [6]
- Billboards [6]
- Burlington Federal Savings [6]
- Chairs [6]
- Dance [6]
- Exhibit booths [6]
- High school students Track and field [6]
- Painting [6]
- Parades [6]
- Rifles [6]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [6]
- Wreckers (Vehicles) [6]
- Boy Scouts [5]
- Dance recitals [5]
- Elihu B. Taft Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Hardware [5]
- Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc [5]
- Reunions [5]
- Tank trucks [5]
- Trailers [5]
- Van Ness House [5]
- Blackface entertainers [4]
- Cafeterias [4]
- Convenience stores [4]
- General Electric Company [4]
- Post office buildings [4]
- Rifle practice [4]
- Track and field athletes [4]
- Tractors Equipment and supplies [4]
- A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc [3]
- Armed Forces Officers [3]
- Burlington Rapid Transit Company [3]
- Cemeteries [3]
- Cosmetics [3]
- Dolls [3]
- First Church of Christ, Scientist (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Horses [3]
- Infants [3]
- Motels [3]
- Piano [3]
- Stoves [3]
- Ticonderoga (Steamship) [3]
- Toys [3]
- Vaults (Strong rooms) [3]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [3]
- Dairying Equipment and supplies [2]
- Flag raising and lowering [2]
- Fletcher Free Library [2]
- Football [2]
- Government vessels [2]
- Manholes [2]
- Mater Christi School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Middlebury College [2]
- Plants [2]
- Tap dancers [2]
- Tennis [2]
- Theaters Stage-setting and scenery [2]
- Vermont 4-H Clubs [2]
- Ballerinas [1]
- Barns [1]
- Blasting [1]
- Camps [1]
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Christmas pageants [1]
- Cows [1]
- Display of merchandise [1]
- Farms [1]
- Firearms [1]
- Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Gardens [1]
- Girl Scouts [1]
- Kake Walk (Event) [1]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [1]
- Lakeview Cemetery (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Merchants National Bank (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Minstrel shows [1]
- Oil storage tanks [1]
- Police [1]
- Radio actors and actresses [1]
- Refrigerators [1]
- Sand and gravel mines and mining [1]
- Sepulchral monuments [1]
- Skating [1]
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Genre: ("black-and-white photographs")
Place: ("Burlington (Vt.)")
Title: 4-H Club
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951/1952 Fall-Spring 4-H Club members gathered on the steps in front of Waterman Building, University of Vermont.
Title: 4-H Club
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951/1952 Fall-Spring 4-H Club members gathered on the steps in front of Waterman Building, University of Vermont.
Title: A.M. Kidder & Co.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 or 1952 display booth - A.M. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT, an investment firm.
Title: A.M. Kidder & Co.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950s display booth - A.M. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT; an investment firm.
Title: A.M. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950s display booth - A.M. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT; an investment firm.
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of an agricultural exhibition booth presented by the Kiwanis Club of Burlington, Vermont and the Colchester Home Dem. Club. On display are fresh vegetables and home goods. Location may be the Memorial Auditorium in Burlington. 1940s
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of an agricultural exhibition booth with a large display of canned goods and fresh vegetables. Banner reads "Buy Victory Bonds" Undated but may be 1940s. Location Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Three women look at the items on display in a Burlington High School exhibition booth. A man stands near a machine to the left. 1940s?
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Retail booth at an exhibition. 1940s
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Several tables display canned goods and fresh vegetables at an agricultural exhibition. A large banner reads "Buy Victory Bonds". Must have been held in the Fall as there are squash and pumpkins seen. Undated but may be 1940s and location may be Memorial Auditorium in Burlington.
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of exhibition booths. Fresh vegetables and canned goods are on some of the tables. Undated but may be 1940s ; location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium.
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of exhibition booths displaying fresh vegetables and canned goods. Undated but may be 1940s; location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium.
Title: Agricultural Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of exhibition booths. Fresh vegetables and canned goods are on some of the tables. Undated but may be 1940s ; location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium.
Title: Allstate Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vermont All State Band performing. Date unknown. Location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium. 1947
Title: Allstate Band
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vermont All State Band performing. Date unknown. Location may be Burlington Memorial Auditorium. 1947
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Class of 1957 Cathedral High School cheer leading squad. Taken in the downstairs gymnasium. Left to Right: Mary Ploof, Irene Daigle, Marilyn Murray, Judy Myette, Ann Marie Murphy, Danielle Dole, Mary Ann Ramaccia, Mary Zola and Janet Bourdeau. Photo #33.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Class of 1957 Cathedral High School cheer leading squad. Taken in the downstairs gym at Cathedral High School on Pearl Street. Pictured are: Mary Ploof, Irene Daigle, Marilyn Murray, Judy Myette, Ann Marie Murphy, Danielle Dole, Mary Ann Ramaccia, Mary Zola and Janet Bourdeau. Photo #35.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This a photo of the Cathedral High girls basketball team of 1955-56. Photo #32.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This a photo of the Cathedral High School girls basketball team of 1955-56. Photo #36.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of young girls exercising with their instructor nearby. Location may be the old YMCA basketball court in Burlington, Vermont. Undated by may be 1920s or 1930s.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of the Burlington High School Track and Field Team, year unknown (may be 1940s). Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith seen in the back row on the right. Photo #1.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Burlington High School Track and Field Team, year unknown. Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith back row, far right. Photo #2.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of the Burlington High School Track and Field Team, 1928 outside of the Edmunds High School building. Pictured are Manager Janke, Litsky, Paul, Ashton, Spaulding, Niles, Stowell, Walter, Dow, Black, Robbins, D. Heath, Colburn, Ide, Gardner, Lapidow, Perry, Ladd, Capt Rice, Coach Tudhope, Zaetz, Cohen, C. Heath, Woodhull. A trophy is seen placed in the front. Some of the members wear a diagonal stripe on their shirts. One member has the letter "V" on his sweater. Slightly different version of photo appears in BHS yearbook Oread 1929, p. 78.
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of unidentified track and field team, probably taken at Centennial Field. Photo #1?
Title: Athletics, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Unidentified track and field team, probably taken at Centennial Field. Photo #2.
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