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 Winooski High School - Chorus
Winooski High School - Chorus
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    • Date Created: 1949-1950
    • Description: 1949 / 1950 photo of the Winooski High School girls' chorus with an adult man and woman. The singers wear choral robes. Photo #1.
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    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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      • Date Created: 1954
      • Description: 1954 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled on the school's stage. Photo #25.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
      Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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        • Date Created: 1957
        • Description: 1957 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes.
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        Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
        Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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          • Date Created: 1960
          • Description: 1960 Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus standing outside the school. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) back row 3rd from right. Photo #12
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          Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
          Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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            • Date Created: 1961
            • Description: 1961 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes standing outside on the steps of the school along with one of the Sisters of Mercy. Photo #28.
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            Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
            Portraits, groups, unidentified
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              • Description: Burlington High School Chorus as pictured in 1956 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 77. Mrs. Jean Pappoutsakis, choral director, center front row. Names of students also listed in the Oread. Photo #4.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
              Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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                • Date Created: 1948
                • Description: 1948 portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy choral group in robes standing in a stair well in the school. Photo #8.
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                Miniature of Musical Ensembles
                Musical Ensembles
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                  • Date Created: 1949-1950
                  • Description: 1949 / 1950 photo of an orchestra / chorus group assembled on stage of what may be the Burlington Memorial Auditorium. Photo #2.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's Convent - Music
                  Mt. St. Mary's Convent - Music
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                    • Date Created: 1958
                    • Description: 1958 photo of nuns of Mount St. Mary's Convent gathered together with their music director for a music making session. Phonograph records, record players, bells and other musical instruments lie on a table in the foreground. Photo #3. Religious orders represented here include the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Charity of Providence (with the balloon-shaped headdress), and perhaps a third, wearing the white habit and black veil. One sister holds a poster with number sequences that correspond to familiar note patterns, including "do-re-mi," the musical scale, and the arpeggio.
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                    Miniature of Burlington High School - Chorus
                    Burlington High School - Chorus
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                      • Description: Undated photo of large group of men and women in the Edmunds High School building auditorium. "BHS" seen above the stage. Burlington High School occupied the Edmunds building until 1964 when the new North Avenue BHS buildings were built. Photo #2.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs