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 Portraits - Individuals
Portraits - Individuals
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    • Date Created: 1940s
    • Description: Mid 1940s interior view of a large high tin ceiling room with sewing machines, a large central table and patterns attached to the wall
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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      • Date Created: 1947
      • Description: 1947 high school art class at Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt. Photo #12.
      • 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: 1961
        • Description: 1961 photo of several Mount St. Mary's students and a nun gathered around a table with books and Vermont related material on display. Photo #14.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits, children, unidentified
        Portraits, children, unidentified
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          • Description: A school classroom seen with students dressed in costume. Santa stands in the back with a mask face. A Christmas tree is to the far left. American flag adorns the wall behind as does a poster (left) reading American Junior Red Cross.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
          Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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            • Description: Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students sitting at classroom desks reading issues of the Junior Catholic Messenger. Photo #13.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Saint Michael's College - Groups
            Saint Michael's College - Groups
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              • Date Created: undated
              • Description: A group of men (Saint Michael's College students?) pose around a wooden desk for a portrait in a large open room with a blackboard behind. Photo 35.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Winooski High School - Class Pictures
              Winooski High School - Class Pictures
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                • Date Created: 1952-10
                • Description: Oct. 1952 photo of a typing class at Winooski High School. Students are working on exercises as an instructor checks their progress. Class is taken predominantly by girls, mindful perhaps of their career opportunities.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Winooski High School - Class Pictures
                Winooski High School - Class Pictures
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                  • Description: Undated Winooski High School classroom with teacher and students. Here students face the camera while at their desks. May be for one of the school's yearbooks. Photo #28.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's Convent
                  Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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                    • Date Created: 1955
                    • Description: Classroom scene at Mt. St. Mary's, with both novices and postulants present, listening to instruction from a Sister of Mercy. (Some of the tall conifers on the campus can be seen through the windows.) Dated 1955.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
                    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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                      • Date Created: 1947
                      • Description: 1947 photo of students of Mount St. Mary's Academy working on and displaying their art projects in class. The large painting to the left appeas to have a nursery rhyme theme with Little Red Riding Hood, Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Jack and the Bean Stalk images. Photo #30.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs