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 Marycrest - Staff
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 group photo of Camp Marycrest staff including nuns on the steps of the main building. Photo #14.
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Camp Marycrest - Campers Group Pictures
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- Description: Group portrait of Marycrest campers and adults. Tents seen in the background. Photo #2.
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Camp Marycrest - Staff
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- Description: Undated group photo of 7 women (one is a nun) standing on the lawn in front of the main building at Camp Marycrest, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #5.
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Camps - Summer
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: Spring, Summer 1945 photo of men and women in swimsuits gathered for a group picture in front of pitched tents.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Staff
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: 1948 group photo of Marycrest staff, nuns and priest. Photo #30.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camps - Summer
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: Spring, Summer 1945 photo of a group of men and women in swimsuits gathered in front of pitched tents.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1942
- Description: 1942 photo of Cathedral High School students gathered on a stage for a class picture. An older woman is seated center front row. A large pastoral mural is seen behind. Photo #1.
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Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of a Cathedral Grammar School music class. A nun plays the piano in the front of the narrow classroom filled with nearly 40 students as they sit at their desks holding music books. Photo #7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of Cathedral High School students with one older woman standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vt. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1945-04
- Description: April 1945 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled for a class picture. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs