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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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students studying in the school library.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Sodality
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of the students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assembled for a formal group photo. School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. They wear necklaces (religious medallions?) Poster says Let's Help, although the specific concern is unclear here. Sodalities were parish organizations dedicated to personal piety and service to others. Photo #7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Sodality
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 photo of students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assembled for a formal group photo. Members are demonstrating their activities, such as placing flowers before sacred statues; reading from a sodality publication "The Queen's Work"; and creating inspirational posters. The academy was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Sodalities were lay organizations dedicated to personal piety and service to others. Photo #12.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Description: Group photo of cast members of a theatrical production at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Actors are in biblical costumes of New Testament times. Center may be Jesus, others may be Virgin Mary, Joseph, Judas Iscariot (he holds money bag and rope), Roman soldier. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Class Pictures
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 Milton High School class picture. Photo #9.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Class Pictures
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 Milton High School class picture. The boy 2nd row from the back 2nd from left is Donald Ira Chamberlin (Class of 1949) and Agnes Anne Rowley (2nd row from the front 2nd from left (also Class of 1949)
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Class Pictures
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- Description: Undated Milton High School student class picture. Photo #12.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Class Pictures
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 Milton High School student class picture with school banner. Photo #16.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: 1948 photo of six members of the Mt St Mary's basketball team in the gymnasium shooting a basket. Photo #13.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1941
- Description: 1941 photo of seven members of the Mt St Mary's basketball team posing outside for a group portrait.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs