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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Camp Marycrest - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of an outdoor performance by Marycrest campers near the main building on the camp grounds. Photo #34.
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Camp Marycrest - Theatricals
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- Description: Puppet theater by the girls of Camp Marycrest. 1940s-1950s?
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Cathedral Grammar School
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- Description: 8th grade Cathedral CYO team taken sometime during the 1956-1957 basketball season. bottom row (L to R): John Mahoney, Michel Thibault, Dayton Contois, John Henry, Michael Rivers, Louis Izzo, Clayton Fuller. top row (L to R): Coach Ray Tafrate, Harold Wimette, Paul King, Robert Carver, Michael Fargione, unidentified #17, Edward Mahoney, Craig Echo, unidentified # 6, unidentified. Photo # 2. See also mcalA01F04i24,mcalB03F08i16
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral Grammar School
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 photo of upper class Cathedral Grammar School students assembled on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt. Photo #7.
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Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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- Description: Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #21.
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Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture. Photo #8.
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Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 photo of male Cathedral High School students with an older man and woman assembled for a class picture outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #?
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Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of female Cathedral High School students outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture. Girls in jumpers and white blouses are in front, girls with one piece dresses in the back. Photo #9.
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Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 group photo of Cathedral High School students and two nuns seated around a table. Probably a school activity group taken for the year book. Photo #20.
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Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 group photo of Cathedral High School students assembled in the school gymnasium. Photo #10.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs