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 Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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    • Date Created: 1960-1961
    • Description: 1960/1961. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. A group of men and women, students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo. Photo #3.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Cathedral High School
    Cathedral High School
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      • Description: 1957 photo of students standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont. One boy at the far right wears a school jacket with the letter C. Photo #10.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Cathedral High School
      Cathedral High School
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        • 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 School Groups - Unidentified
        School Groups - Unidentified
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          • Date Created: circa 1945
          • Description: Ca. 1945 photo of 8 students assembled outside a school for a portrait. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #14.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of School Groups - Unidentified
          School Groups - Unidentified
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            • Date Created: circa 1945
            • Description: Ca. 1945 photo of 3 students and a teacher, perhaps, standing outside a school building. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #12.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
            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 #9.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of School Groups - Unidentified
              School Groups - Unidentified
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                • Date Created: 1945-1946
                • Description: Ca. 1945 photo of a large group of high school students, assembled outside the school for a class portrait perhaps. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #6?
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
                Graduations - Unidentified
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                  • Date Created: 1953
                  • Description: 1953 photo of young graduates (may be central or middle school) gathered for a portrait. A banner in back reads, "My life will be a good or as poor as I make it." Three school banners attached to the wall behind also read Central, Cathedral and Burlington.
                  • 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 in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
                    Graduations - Unidentified
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                      • Date Created: 1949
                      • Description: 1949 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?
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs