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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UVM - Groups
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    • Date Created: 1951
    • Description: 1951 photo of the UVM Newman Club, which today is known as the Catholic Center at UVM. Newman Clubs (named after John Henry Cardinal Newman) provided spiritual guidance and social activities to Catholic students at secular colleges. At the time of this photo, which appears in the 1953 Ariel (UVM yearbook), the home of the Newman Club was at 118 Pearl St. The priest pictured here is Fr. William R. Mulligan. Seated next to him is faculty adviser Catherine F. Nulty, a professor in the UVM Education department. Photo #45.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Wakes
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      • Description: Wake, with open casket and kneeler, many flowers, wreathes, and crucifixes.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      War Bond Campaign
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: 1945 photo of a rather cluttered window display promoting the 6th War Loan. Total amounts raised in the 6th War Loan were announced in early January, 1945, so much of the campaign coincided with the Christmas shopping season, which explains the "Peace on Earth" slogan and other decorations. The local or regional goal was to raise $2.4 million. Many slogans appear in this display, e.g. "On to Tokyo," "Let's finish the job!" "Let's go for the knock out blow," and "Your country is still at war. Are you?" intimating perhaps an element of complacency or overconfidence on the part of citizens. Name of store is unknown.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Weddings
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          • Date Created: 1937
          • Description: 1937 bride (in wedding gown) and groom pose outside a building with massive stone pillars. He is in military uniform. Fellow officers seen behind. Photo #2.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Weddings
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            • Date Created: 1944
            • Description: 1944 wedding portrait of bride (in wedding gown) and groom outside Ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. He is in military uniform. Photo #4.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Trinity College - Groups
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              • Date Created: 1944
              • Description: 1944. Trinity College students gathered at an outdoor ceremony. In the foreground, students stand in cross-shaped formation, with several, dressed in white, forming an inner cross. Students in the background are forming either a clover leaf--symbolic of the Holy Trinity--or a circle (or globe) at the base of the cross, an ancient Christian symbol of sovereignty. Photo #5.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Trinity College - Groups
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                • Date Created: 1944
                • Description: 1944. Trinity College students process toward venue of ceremony depicted in mcalB19F10i01-i07 (graduation? May Day festival?). Photo #6.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Trinity College - Groups
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                  • Date Created: 1956
                  • Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students gathered in front of the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #4.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  UVM - Class Reunions
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                    • Description: Class of 1920 at their 30th (or 31st) reunion, assembled on the UVM Green with Williams Science Hall in the background (left).
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    UVM - College of Medicine
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                      • Date Created: 1956
                      • Description: (Same group as in mcalB19F22i03) 1956 photo taken inside the College of Medicine (now John Dewey Hall) of the graduating class. Photo #2.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs