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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Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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    • Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's serving on the Journal staff assemble in the library for a group portrait. School was located at 100 Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
    • 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 at 100 Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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        • Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo outside on the front steps. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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          • Description: Senior Class Officers and Class Representatives of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school. Located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Trinity College - Sodality
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            • Description: Administration building (built 1939), later named Mann Hall (1972), Trinity College campus, Burlington, Vermont. Event seen here is a "Queen of the May" gathering, 1954. "This was the highlight of the [college] Sodality's annual festival in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary." Source: Stephen Roth, A History of Trinity College, 1925-1975, p. 34.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Penick and Ford (Marble Ave)
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              • Description: Wooden barrels and and a shoot with rock like material at Penick & Ford, that bottled Vermont Maid Syrup and Brer Rabbit Gold Label New Orleans Molasses. Noted as being the country's third largest maker of corn products in 1931.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Offices
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                • Description: Undated photograph of a Burlington office interior.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Paintings
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                  • Description: Photo of a painting of an older man wearing a solid light color shirt and pendent on a long chain.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Portraits, families, unidentified
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                    • Description: Eight men and women form a line on a lake shore beach for a group photo.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Portraits, groups, unidentified
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                      • Description: Church Youth Choir. Unidentified and undated. Photo #16
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs