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 Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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    • Description: 1947 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students seated at their desks in their classroom looking at a projection on the wall. Window shades have been pulled down to darken the room. Photo #9.
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    Miniature of Burlington Business College
    Burlington Business College
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      • Description: Classroom setting with male and female students of the Burlington Business College sitting at double wooden desks. Photo #2.
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      Miniature of Burlington Business College
      Burlington Business College
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        • Description: December 1946. Classroom setting with women students of the Burlington Business College sitting at individual wooden desks. Instructor stands at the back holding a book. Photo #6.
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        Miniature of School Groups - Unidentified
        School Groups - Unidentified
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: Ca. 1945 photo of school children enjoying a milk break in their classroom. Teachers stand in the background. School and occasion unknown. (See also mcalB05F20i05, dated 1947.)
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          Miniature of Portraits, children, unidentified
          Portraits, children, unidentified
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            • Description: A group of young children sit in a classroom setting (perhaps a church school class as a small replica of a church is seen on the arm of a chair in the foreground) surrounded by paper cardboard building blocks of the 1950s. Three women attend the the boys and girls. A doll house among other toys are seen in the room. See also mcalA14F16i26
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            Miniature of First Congregational Church - Organizations
            First Congregational Church - Organizations
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              • Description: Sunday School class with two teachers and a group of young children. Taken in house on Orchard Terrace, known as "The Pilgrim House", purchased by the First Congregational Church for Sunday School use. Demolished in the 1960s to make way for new addition to the church. Photo #13.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
              Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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                • Date Created: 1947
                • Description: 1947 arts and craft class at Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington, Vt. Photo #11.
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                Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
                Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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                  • Date Created: 1941
                  • Description: 1941 drawing from life art class at Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt. with a seated model being drawn by six students.
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                  Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
                  Portraits - Individuals
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                    • Date Created: 1940s
                    • Description: Mid 1940s interior view of a large high tin ceiling room with sewing machines, a large central table and patterns attached to the wall
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                    Miniature of Winooski High School - Class Pictures
                    Winooski High School - Class Pictures
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                      • Description: Undated Winooski High School classroom with teacher and students. Typing class. May be for one of the school's yearbooks.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs