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: 1946
- Description: 1946 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students assembled in a room. Photo #10.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1941
- Description: 1941 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students assembled in a room with religious paintings on the wall behind them. Photo #19.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing beside a Green Mountaineer chartered bus. Suitcases are seen in front. Two nuns and the bus driver with the group. Photo #32.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students assembled in the school library. Photo #17.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 group portrait photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered in the library. Photo #18.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered in the school library. Books on shelves behind the girls and card catalog to the far right. Photo #11.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Some wear one or two school badges on their uniforms. Photo #9
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 formal group photo of seven Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing in a line. Photo #25.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 photo of a young woman placing a crown on the statue of the Virgin Mary with participants looking on. Part of the May Crowning religious ceremony in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs