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 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 #3.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
    Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #3.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Christ the King School - Graduation
      Christ the King School - Graduation
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        • Date Created: 1959
        • Description: Christ the King School - Graduation 1959. Photo #2
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
        Graduations - Unidentified
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          • Date Created: 1952
          • Description: 1952 South Burlington Central School graduates with slogan "With Every Privilege comes a Responsibility" Photo #3.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
          Graduations - Unidentified
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            • Date Created: 1950
            • Description: 1950 contact sheet showing two different exposures of three graduates.
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            Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
            Graduations - Unidentified
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              • Date Created: 1944
              • Description: 1944 photo of graduates in cap and gown assembled outside for a group portrait along with an older man.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
              Graduations - Unidentified
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                • Date Created: 1950
                • Description: 1950 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. All wear same colored gowns. Partly visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont."
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
                Graduations - Unidentified
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                  • Date Created: 1953
                  • Description: 1953 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. Girls in light color gowns; boys in dark. Visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." Photo #3.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
                  Graduations - Unidentified
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside taken at a slight angle in front of their school. All wear same colored gowns. Visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." An older man stands in the back to the left. Photo #3.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
                    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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                      • Date Created: 1955
                      • Description: 1955 photo of a teenager (student?) seated with a nun at a desk in an office.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs