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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Trinity College - Groups
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    • Description: 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. One person carries an American flag. Photo #2.
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    Trinity College - Groups
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      • Date Created: 1959
      • Description: 1959 Trinity College students (graduates?) posing for a photo. Photo #24.
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      Trinity College - Groups
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        • Date Created: 1948
        • Description: 1948 Trinity College Nursing students. Photo #1. (This venue is the same as that seen in mcalB19F07i03, which shows recent graduates of Fanny Allen Hospital nurses training.)
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Trinity College - Groups
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          • Date Created: 1957-1958
          • Description: 1957 / 1958. Interior photo of group of young children with their mothers or caregivers, very likely participants in Trinity College's early childhood education program. Childrens Day? Photo #1.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          UVM - Class Reunions
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            • Description: (Duplicate of mcalB19F21i02) If the man in the front row, far left is Arthur L. Chapman, whose Junior portrait appears in the 1927 Ariel, this is the Class of 1928 at their 30th reunion. Photo very likely taken in 1958 because of the similar Waterman setting and background seen in other 1958 reunion photos. Photo #4.
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            UVM - College of Medicine
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              • Date Created: 1956
              • Description: 1956 photo taken inside the College of Medicine (now John Dewey Hall) of the graduating class.
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              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 #1?
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                UVM Sororities - Alpha Chi Omega
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                  • Description: Sisters of Alpha Chi Omega sorority (residence: 384 Main St., Burlington, Vt.). Dated 1945.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  UVM Sororities - Delta Delta Delta
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                    • Description: Sisters of Delta Delta Delta in front of their residence at 143 So. Willard St., Burlington, Vt.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    UVM - Fraternities - Sigma Phi
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                      • Description: Members of Sigma Phi fraternity, with a house located at 420 College St. A similar photo (mcalB20F01i03) appears in the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook. Photo #41.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs