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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Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo outside on the front steps. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo inside. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Graduations
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- Description: Five graduating students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo outside on the front steps along with four undergraduates. School was located at 100 Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1956-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's assemble for a group portrait. School was located at 100 Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's Glee Club, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble on the front steps of the school for a formal group photo. School was located at 100 Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #17.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Description: Students of the Student Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal group photo. School was located at 100 Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: A well dressed woman poses for a formal studio portrait with a young girl, probably her daughter. Woman also appears in other photos in this collection e.g. mcalA12F13i3 and i5. Woman 2nd or 3rd wife of McAllister's father?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Formal family studio portrait with man sporting a mutton chops style beard (McAllister's father?), a seated woman and two children; one being an infant in the woman's lap. Photo identified as being from the studio of James Nelson of Fullerton and Cedar Rapids, Nebraska. Woman on the right also appears in other photos in this collection e.g. mcalA12F13i3 and i4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Two dogs lying on a rug in front of a fireplace. Same as seen in mcalA01F03i07 and mcalA12F13i09
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
McAllister Memorabilia
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- Description: Two elderly gentlemen seated in straight back wooden chairs outside. They each wear lapel pins, vests, dress suits and ties. Each holds a cane.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs