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.
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UVM - Fraternities - Phi Sigma Delta
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Members of Phi Sigma Delta fraternity, with house at 360 Pearl St., Burlington, Vt. This photo appears on p. 136 of the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook. (Same group as in mcalB19F29i01). Photo #21.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Fraternities - Sigma Alpha Epsilon
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: Members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, with house at 61 Summit St., Burlington, Vt. A similar photo appears on p.139 of the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook. (Same group as in mcalB19F30i01.) Photo #31.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Groups
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: University of Vermont students outside enjoy eating Sugar on Snow. Dated 1945. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 minstrel show? Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Faculty
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- Description: Faculty member of Trinity College and presumably a Sister of Mercy.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 group of Trinity College graduates in academic gowns. Mann Hall is in the background.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 graduating class of Nursing students in front of the Bishop De Goesbriand Hospital, near Trinity College. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 Trinity College graduates, assembled on stairs in the shape of an "M," presumably for the Blessed Virgin Mary. Statue in the background is of Jesus displaying the Sacred Heart. Photo #27.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students assembled in front of the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #6.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 photo of Trinity College students wearing gowns and white stoles, standing well centered in front of a crucifix. Photo #23?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs