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 Christ the King School - Graduation
Christ the King School - Graduation
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    • Date Created: 1959
    • Description: Christ the King School - Graduation 1959.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Christ the King School - Graduation
    Christ the King School - Graduation
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      • Date Created: 1952
      • Description: Christ the King School - Graduation 1952. Dog in attendance at far left.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
      Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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        • Date Created: 1957
        • Description: 1957 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #32.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
        Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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          • Date Created: 1961
          • Description: 1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #16.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
          Graduations - Unidentified
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            • Date Created: 1951
            • Description: 1951 photo of a group of young people assembled outside for a portrait. Older adults stand on either side. The girls wear summer dresses and corsages. One small child holds a graduation baton. Photo #2.
            • 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: 1944
                • Description: 1944 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. All wear the same color gowns. Visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." Photo #1.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
                Graduations - Unidentified
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                  • Date Created: 1947
                  • Description: 1947 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their Memorial School. Girls are in light colored gowns; boys in dark. McAllister artfully arranged the graduates alternating light and dark gowns within the group. A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." Photo #1.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Nazareth School, Burlington
                  Nazareth School, Burlington
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                    • Description: A group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1960, gather in front of the school for a formal class photo. Msgr. Charles Marcoux stands at the center of the group. Boys wear solid colored robes and are in the back rows. The girls are in white robes and are in the front. Photo #1. 8th grade graduates at Nazareth School (later called St Joseph Parish School) at 20 Allen Street in Burlington. Closed 2010.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Lyman C. Hunt Junior High, Burlington
                    Lyman C. Hunt Junior High, Burlington
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                      • Description: Undated photograph of a group of students taken in front of Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School. Photo #3.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs