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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167 Burlington (Vt.). 123 Portrait photography. 69 Students. 65 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 34 St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.). 33 Men. 32 Children. 32 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 30 Buildings. 28 Women. 26 Church buildings. 25 First communion. 25 Young women. 22 Confirmation -- Catholic Church. 22 Young men. 21 Nuns. 21 St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.). 15 School children. 14 Boys. 14 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 14 Girls. 12 High school buildings. 11 Colchester (Vt.). 11 Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.). 10 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Banners. 9 Gymnasiums. 9 Knights of Columbus. 8 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 8 Chapels. 8 Grand Isle (Vt.). 8 Worship programs. 7 High school students. 7 St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.). 6 High school teachers. 6 Statues. 4 Bands (Music). 4 College students. 4 Middle school students. 4 St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.). 4 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 4 University of Vermont. 4 Winooski (Vt.). 3 Basketball. 3 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 2 Baseball. 2 Bridegrooms. 2 High school graduates. 2 Saint John Vianney Parish (South Burlington, Vt.). 2 South Burlington (Vt.). 2 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Architectural photography. 1 Brides. 1 Cake. 1 Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 College teachers. 1 Employees. 1 Family. 1 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Interior architecture. 1 Musicians. 1 Restaurants. 1 Soldiers. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 1 Veterans. 1 Weddings.

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Miniature of St. Anthony's Church and School
St. Anthony's Church and School
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    • Date Created: 1949
    • Description: 1949 blurry image of St. Anthony students assembled for a photograph with the pastor Rev. Edmund Marion and Rev. Arthur Hamel. The occasion is probably Confirmation. (Saddle shoes are obviously part of the school uniform!)
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Saint Joseph's School - Class Dinners
    Saint Joseph's School - Class Dinners
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      • Date Created: 1948
      • Description: 1948 photo of a parish dinner in honor of a graduating class from St. Joseph's school (Ecole Nazareth). Among those seated at the head table are the Rt. Rev. Joseph E. Pariseau, pastor, and (2nd from right) a member of the Daughters of the Holy Ghost, a Catholic order of religious women active as educators at Ecole Nazareth since 1943.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of St. Anthony's Church and School
      St. Anthony's Church and School
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        • Date Created: 1949-1950
        • Description: 1949 / 1950 overexposed image of a large group of boys assembled in front of St. Anthony Church. Seven priests are present. Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor, is probably 3rd from right, but the others are difficult to identify. Occasion is unknown.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Saint Michael's College - Groups
        Saint Michael's College - Groups
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          • Date Created: undated
          • Description: A group of men in business suits (associated with Saint Michael's College?, college students?) and a priest pose for a portrait in a large open room (library?) with a brick fireplace. Photo 28.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
          Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
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            • Date Created: 1952
            • Description: 1952 Saint Joseph's Church sanctuary with priest in pulpit (left). Structural items such as the pulpit and the supports holding various statues attached to the columns have been removed, owing to liturgical reforms and audio-technology. The church, the largest in Vermont, was finished in 1887, but the parish itself began in 1850. A centennial history of the parish was published in 1987 and has a detailed history of the building's design and construction. Here one sees the panoply of religious artifacts and decoration known before the Second Vatican Council, some of which can be seen at St. Joseph's today. These include a reproduction, high above the altar, of DaVinci's "Last Supper," numerous statues of saints and angels, at least 3 American flags, perhaps a flag of Vatican City, flowers, plants, and special lighting. Photo no. 6.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of May Crowning
            May Crowning
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              • Date Created: 1947
              • Description: 1947 group portrait of six women and a priest standing outside taking part in the Roman Catholic observance of May Crowning. Photo #5.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of May Crowning
              May Crowning
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                • Date Created: 1948
                • Description: 1948/1949 photo of a priest and several women having a meal together as part of May Crowning, a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May whereby an image or likeness of the Blessed Virgin is ceremonially crowned recognizing her as Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God. This may be Mother's Day.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Graduates
                Mount St. Mary's Academy - Graduates
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                  • Date Created: 1956
                  • Description: 1956 photo of a priest of Cathedral High School, Burlington, Vt.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
                  Nazareth School - Graduates
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                    • Date Created: 1961
                    • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1961, with Msgr. Charles Marcoux. In Fall of 1961, the school will be known as St. Joseph School instead of Ecole Nazareth or Nazareth School. The parish waited, apparently, for another St. Joseph School in Burlington to close before changing the name of its own school. Photo #2.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
                    Nazareth School - Graduates
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                      • Date Created: 1946-1947
                      • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1948 (according to the parish history published in 1988) with Rev. (Msgr.) Joseph Pariseau, pastor, and William F. Laliberte, curate. Graduation dress before cap and gown became standard was white dresses for the girls and lace to cover their hair; and jackets and white ties for the boys. The school at 20 Allen St. was renamed St. Joseph School in 1961 (another Burlington school by the same name had closed) and then closed in 2010 because of declining enrollment.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs