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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Graduation - Unidentified
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- Description: Photo of graduates holding their diplomas. Girls are dressed in white or light colored dresses ; the boys in suit and tie. Bouquets of flowers, corsages and flower wreaths are seen. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the school steps. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Nazareth School - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1958 (according to the parish history published in 1988) with Msgr. Charles Marcoux.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
St. Anthony's Church and School
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: St. Anthony School Class of 1950 on graduation day, with Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor, in the middle. (Somebody got them to smile!) Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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 #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
St. Anthony's School Burlington - Groups
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- Description: An assembly of St. Anthony's School students at graduation time. Caps, gowns, and diplomas in hand. The priest is Rev. Walter F. Charland, who, according to the Burlington Directory, served the parish from ca. 1956-1962. The site could be the main altar of the church on Flynn Ave. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Description: A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? One priest stands near the right in the back row. Some boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #4. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Description: A group of students gather on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Three priests stand in the back row. Most of boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #7. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Christ the King School, Burlington
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- Description: Children with church clergy are assembled inside for a formal first communion group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #2. Undated. 1950s?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Christ the King School, Burlington
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- Description: Information on back of photo states "Msgr Towne, Father Spears and Steady, Christ the King graduates class (8th Grade) [Class of '61 at Rice] Group assembled for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Photo #4. 1961 Same group as mcalA09F05i41 and 42.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs