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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Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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    • Date Created: 1957
    • Description: 1957 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #14.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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      • Date Created: 1957
      • Description: 1957 group photo of eight Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #30
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
      Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
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        • Date Created: 1946
        • Description: Dated 1946 but that may be an error. Probably 1956. Group photo of large group of students attending Russian Summer School at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. Same group as mcalA13F10i02
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
        Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
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          • Date Created: 1958
          • Description: Date 1958. Group photo a very large group of students attending German Summer School at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont taken outside Pearsons Hall. Photo 3.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
          Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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            • Description: Students of the Mount St. Mary's Glee Club, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble on and in front of the stage for a formal group photo. School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Nazareth School, Burlington
            Nazareth School, Burlington
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              • Description: A group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1960, 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.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Cathedral High School
              Cathedral High School
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                • Date Created: 1958
                • Description: 1958 photo of students and one priest standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immmaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Essex Junction Boys Band
                Essex Junction Boys Band
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                  • Date Created: 1945
                  • Description: Winter, 1945 photo of the Essex Junction Boys Band. Instruments include clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, and bass and snare drums. Band director could be the gentleman on the left. Photo #1.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
                  Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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                    • Date Created: 1956
                    • Description: 1956 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the school steps. Photo #5?
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
                    Nazareth School - Graduates
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                      • Date Created: 1932
                      • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1932 (according to the parish history published in 1988), with Rev. Norbert Proulx, pastor (1920-1933), the elder among the four priests. Fr. Proulx oversaw the construction of the new school, which was built in 1929. The students, dressed very elegantly (obviously before caps and gowns became standard), proudly hold their diplomas.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs