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 Weddings
Weddings
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    • Date Created: 1944
    • Description: 1944 photo of wedding party outside Ira Allen Chapel on University of Vermont campus, Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
    Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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      • Date Created: 1953
      • Description: 1953 photo of four young women standing near the crowned statue of the Virgin Mary. They are in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's Academy and are participants in the religious ritual called May Crowning. Photo #3.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of UVM Ira Allen Chapel
      UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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        • Description: Ira Allen Chapel, as seen from the UVM green on a snowy day.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of UVM Ira Allen Chapel
        UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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          • Description: Interior view of the University of Vermont's Ira Allen Chapel as seen from the balcony. Located in Burlington, Vermont.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
          Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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            • Description: 1953 photo of eleven nurse graduates gathered for a group picture. Each carries a holder with a white lit candle. Location Fanny Allen Hospital chapel.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Middlebury College - Groups, Unidentified
            Middlebury College - Groups, Unidentified
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              • Date Created: 1946
              • Description: 1946 group portrait of women outside in front of the Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Weddings
              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
                Miniature of UVM - University Choir
                UVM - University Choir
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                  • Description: Robed members of the University Choir in Ira Allen Chapel, with director Prof. Howard G. Bennett (front row, center). The choir sang weekly for chapel services and presented Christmas and Easter concerts. A lighter version of this photo appears in the 1953 Ariel (UVM yearbook), on p. 109. Photo #75.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
                  Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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                    • Date Created: 1949
                    • Description: 1949 worship service in the Sacred Heart Chapel of Mount St. Mary's. Photo #5.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Middlebury College - Groups, Unidentified
                    Middlebury College - Groups, Unidentified
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                      • Date Created: 1946
                      • Description: 1946 group portrait of women outside in front of the Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs