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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UVM - Fraternities - Unidentified
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- Description: Very likely Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Some brothers here can be seen in mcalB19F30i04. Dated 1953. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Graduation Ceremony
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 University of Vermont graduation ceremony in front of Waterman building on campus.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Nurses
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- Description: Graduating class of Nursing students in front of the Bishop De Goesbriand Hospital, near Trinity College. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Nurses
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- Date Created: 1946-1947
- Description: 1946 / 1947 Trinity College nursing students with faculty member/Sister of Mercy, in front of the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 Trinity College honor students with faculty member/Sister of Mercy.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Class Reunions
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- Description: Class of 1908 gathered in front of Waterman Building at their 50th reunion. Photo appears in July, 1958 alumni quarterly. Men in front are holding a cake, a trophy cup, and wearing special caps (perhaps reminiscing about Kake Walk?). Photo #1?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Fraternities - Alpha Tau Omega
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- Description: Members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, with house at 21 So. Williams St., Burlington, Vt. (Same group as mcalB19F24i01.) Dated 1951. Photo #23.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Fraternities - Alpha Tau Omega
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- Description: Members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, with house at 21 So. Williams St., Burlington, Vt. Dated 1953. Photo #9.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Housing (Temporary)
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- Description: Temporary housing units near main campus. These dwellings preceded the construction of the shoebox dormitories and University Heights, very likely accommodating the surge in post-WW II enrollment, esp. veterans on the "GI Bill." Dated 1947.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - School of Nursing
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 portrait photo of nurses from UVM's School of Nursing. Mary Fletcher Hospital staff. Photo #7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs