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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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
Nazareth School - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1958 (according to the parish history published in 1988) with Msgr. Charles Marcoux.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Piano - Recitals
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: Group photo. dated 1952, of a young piano studio at the time of their recital, with girls wearing long formal gowns and the 2 boys in jackets and bow ties. Name of the piano studio and/or its instructor unknown.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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. Taken inside. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graham School
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- Description: A photograph captioned: "The Graham School, Burlington, Vt., 1958" The numbering indicates that this photo was used for identification purposes, but research has not provided any information about this organization.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Description: Students of 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. Photo #28.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Description: A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Priests stand at either end of the back row. Some boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #1. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Description: Formal school class photo of the students standing outside on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The boys are dressed in suits and ties; the girls in dresses. One priest stands in the back row. Photo #4. Undated. See also mcalB07F07i03.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs