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 - Groups
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 photo Cheering Squad of Mount St. Mary's assembled on the front steps. Top row left to right is Georgiana Girard, Rose Ryan, Mary Tessier, Kathleen Donohue, ?. Front row left to right Lynne Basiliere, Joann Le Blanc, Therese Tessier, (Captain [later Terrie Kneen), Marion Brown, Claudette Doucette, Sue Hergenrother. Photo #23.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 / 1950 photo of participants of the May Crowning religious ceremony in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's. Photo #3.
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Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 - group photo of cast members on stage of theatrical production with religious theme at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Seen are Veronica holding a cloth with image of Jesus' face along with other actors in New Testament biblical dress. Photo # 5.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of seven young women dressed in long white robes and halos standing on stage each holding a sign with the name of a continent or a country. A nun sits center at a table. Photo #1.
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Order of the Eastern Star
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Members of Eastern Star, formally dressed, seated and standing for a portrait photograph. Photo #1.
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Oil Tank Construction
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 landscape view of oil tank construction site with Lake Champlain in background.
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Order of the Eastern Star
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Eastern Star members in formal attire, attending a function. Photo #3.
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of a little boy seated in the living room with Christmas tree, wrapped presents and stuffed toys
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Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Two images of an infant girl placed on a layette with pillow and blanket for a portrait photo. Dated 1944.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs