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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Camp Holy Cross
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- Description: Photo #5 of Camp Holy Cross staff on the grounds of the camp located in Malletts Bay in Colchester Vermont.
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Congregational Church, First - Groups
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- Description: Rev. Charles Stanley Jones, DD and Mrs. Vera Jones. Rev. Charles Stanley (as he was called) was minister of the church in the mid 1950s. No identification on photo. Undated.
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Congregational Church, First - Groups
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- Description: Group of young people along with Rev. George Lawrence in one of the church's classrooms. Undated but may be 1950s.
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Congregational Church, First - Groups
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- Description: A photo of an unidentified older man in work clothes displaying a wooden link chain. McAllister made wooden chains like this one. Man appears to be missing his left hand. See also this man in mcalA16F01i34 and with his family in mcalA15F02i12
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Cootiette Club, Burlington
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- Description: Members of the Burlington Vermont Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States No. 113 sit for a formal portrait. Women had to be at least 18 years of age. The club is a voluntary, non-profit auxiliary women's club formed to offer support to veterans and families as part of the VFW. Clubs nationwide formed as early as 1930 with national headquarters in Sacramento, California. Photo 4.
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Crown Point Bridge (Lake Champlain)
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- Description: Crown Point Bridge, New York state with patriotic festoon banners hanging from the railings and overhead supports. Undated.
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Nazareth School, Burlington
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- Description: A group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1958, 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 #3. 8th grade graduates at Nazareth School (later called St Joseph Parish School) at 20 Allen Street in Burlington. Closed 2010. Photo #3.
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Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Description: A group of students gather on the steps in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Three priests stand in the back row. The boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #5. Undated.
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Cathedral High School, Burlington
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- Description: Formal school class photo of the students standing outside on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The boys are dressed in suits and ties; the girls in dresses. One priest stands in the back row another stands center front row. Photo #1? Undated.
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Nazareth School (St. Joseph School), Burlington
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- Description: A group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1958, 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 School) at 20 Allen Street in Burlington. Closed 2010.
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