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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Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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    • Date Created: 1946
    • Description: 1946 May Crowning ceremony in Mount St. Mary's Academy Sacred Heart Chapel. Young ladies dressed in long gowns and wearing veils line and process up the center aisle.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
    Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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      • Date Created: 1957
      • Description: 1957 Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning ceremony Sacred Heart Chapel. Photo #6.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Rice Memorial High School
      Rice Memorial High School
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        • Date Created: 1959
        • Description: Interior view of a small Catholic chapel with altar, pews and a nun. Dated 1959.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Christ the King School - First Communion
        Christ the King School - First Communion
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          • Description: Christ the King School - First Communion 1958. Photo #1.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Middlebury College - Groups, Unidentified
          Middlebury College - Groups, Unidentified
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            • Date Created: 1946
            • Description: 1946 group portrait of women outside in front of the Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Christ the King School, Burlington
            Christ the King School, Burlington
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              • Description: [1955?] photo of a woman kneeling in prayer near an altar in a chapel at Christ the King School or at Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont. Same labeled photo mcalA18F05i23 as Trinity College and mcalB12F19i02 labeled as Mount St. Mary's Academy (1955).
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Mount St. Mary's
              Mount St. Mary's
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                • Date Created: 1954
                • Description: 1954 photo of Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's in Burlington.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Portraits, children, unidentified
                Portraits, children, unidentified
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                  • Description: May Crowning, Catholic worship service. Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's in Burlington, Vermont.. See also mcalA14F01i01.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Weddings
                  Weddings
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                    • Description: A young woman of color places a crown on the head of the statue of the Virgin Mary surrounded by flowers in the Sacred Heart Chapel. Also seen are several other young ladies, a boy and a girl. Could this be a May Crowning? Undated. Photo #2.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of UVM Ira Allen Chapel
                    UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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                      • Description: Ira Allen Chapel as seen from Colchester Ave. in winter, with the life-size bronze statue of the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) in the foreground. Information about the statue can be found by searching the UVM Web site (keywords: Lafayette, statue, Ward, etc.) Photo embossed in lower right corner "McAllister Burlington, Vt."
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs