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: 1955
- Description: 1955 photo of a young woman kneeling before an altar in a chapel. This may be Trinity, Christ the King or Mount St. Mary's.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #32.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #17.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside on the steps of the school. Identified is Mary Tessier, back row, center. Photo #10.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 / 1950 photo of a young woman placing a crown on the Virgin Mary statue in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's, Burlington, Vermont as part of the May Crowning religious ceremony. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #16.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 photo of cast members of a theatrical performance on stage of Mount St. Mary's Academy. A young maiden seems to be refusing the advances of a gentleman suitor. Photo #5.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of cast of a theatrical production at Mount St. Mary's Academy. See also mcalB13F05i17
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Scene from high school dramatic production on stage at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Photo #4. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: Ballet dancers on stage at Mount St. Mary's Academy in 1961.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs