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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Graduations - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 photo of graduates in cap and gown assembled outside for a group portrait along with an older man.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Nazareth School - Graduates
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1956, with Rev. (Msgr.) Charles Marcoux. 1956 was the first year of Msgr. Marcoux's pastorate (1956-1970) at St. Joseph Parish.
- 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
Nazareth School, Burlington
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- Description: A group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1956, 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. Photo #1.
- 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? Two priests stand at either end of the back row. Some boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #3. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral Grammar School, Burlington
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- Description: Class photo of students outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Religion class? Coats and jackets have been discarded on the top step to the right. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Description: Formal class photo of students standing outside on the steps in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Girls are grouped in the front rows, the boys in the back rows. One priest stands in the back. Photo #7. Undated.
- 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, dressed in caps and gowns, with diplomas in hand. The site could be the front steps of the church on Flynn Ave. The priest is Rev. Bernard G. Couture, who is seen in other photos dated from 1951. Photo #1 or 2?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, groups
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- Description: Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. A group of men and women, students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs