Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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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Nazareth School - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1953 (as written in the lower left corner), with Msgr. Joseph Pariseau, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, 1933-1956.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of large group of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty (seated, front row) and students, taken outside Pearsons Hall. Director Werner Neuse is seated 11th from the left. Photo 3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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- Description: Formal class photo at the private Catholic girls' school, Mount St. Mary's in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #21.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of a young lady receiving a graduation certificate from an older woman. A large group of seated young children are assembled watching the ceremony.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt? Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduation - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1939
- Description: Photograph of a 1939 photo showing graduates gathered outside on steps with their diplomas. Girls wear white dresses ; boys are in suit and tie. Names written on the bottom of the photo.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside on the steps in front of their Memorial School. All wear the same colored graduation gowns. A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." An older man in a light colored suit stands in back row. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's participate in a Christmas drive for the poor. Boxes and baskets of goods include canned food, clothing and toys. Some of the boxes are labeled for whom the gifts would be appropriate (e.g. adults, or children). A poster hangs in back listing special needs items wanted. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Christ the King School, Burlington
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: Information written on the back of the photograph states this is a 1959 formal class portrait of the first graduating class of Rice Memorial High School. This class earlier graduated from Christ the King School. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Present are Msgr. Charles A. Towne, Father John L. Gagnon, Father Wendell Searles. Among the students is Christopher Terrien II (later Dr.) and Marcelle Pomerleau (later wife of Senator Patrick Leahy). Photo #2. Same group as mcalA09F05i39.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Nazareth School, Burlington
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- Description: A group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1956, gather in front of the school for a formal class photo. Msgr. Charles Marcoux stands at the center of the group. Boys wear solid colored robes and are in the back rows. The girls are in white robes and are in the front. Photo #1. 8th grade graduates at Nazareth School (later called St Joseph Parish School) at 20 Allen Street in Burlington. Closed 2010. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs