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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Cathedral High School
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- Description: April 1945 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled inside for a group picture in Burlington, Vt. Photo #19
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1946 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 #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Description: Summer-Spring 1948-1949 photo of Cathedral High School students with one nun standing in the back. They are gathered on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1944 photo of Cathedral High School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt for a class picture. Photo #15.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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- Description: 1940s photo of Marycrest campers, nuns, camp staff eating a meal on the steps of one of the large buildings on the grounds. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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- Description: 1953 photo of eleven nurse graduates gathered for a group picture. Each carries a holder with a white lit candle. Location Fanny Allen Hospital chapel.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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- Description: 1945 portrait photo of nurse graduates gathered with three nuns. Graduates each wear a corsage and hold diploma.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Construction Sites
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- Description: December 4, 1953 photo of the interior of a building being constructed. Workmen are seen working on the flooring.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Construction Sites
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- Description: Undated and unidentified photo but this may be an interior view of the Ticonderoga steamboat ferry.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Dairy Equipment
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- Description: 1945 photo of dairy test ware equipment displayed. Kimble Glass Company glass bottles used for the Babcock test marked K NAFIS (National Farmers Information Service).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs