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.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1957 photo of a smaller number of students gathered for a group picture. Photo #25.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1957 photo of a large number of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium for a group picture. Photo #19.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1957 photo of a large number of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium for a group picture. Photo #7.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1947 photo of Cathedral High School students outside for a class picture on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #3.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: Winter 1951 photo of the senior choir standing in the sanctuary of St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vermont. It is Lent. In the back is the senior choir director Jerome Childs. Also present are Maurice Villemaire who later became the choir director and Blanche Bonnette, church organist.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1946 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #4.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1946 photo of a smaller group of Cathedral High School students assembled for a class picture outside on the steps of the Cathedral in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #6.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1953 class photo of Cathedral High School students standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #5.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1953 class photo of Cathedral High School students standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #7.
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Construction Sites
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- Description: 1950 photo of a building construction site. Wooden scaffolding surrounds the building. Brick facade and upper levels taking shape.
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