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 Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Winooski High School - Class Pictures
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    • Description: Undated photo (but very likely from the Oct. '52 set) of a math class at Winooski High School, with the teacher, pointer at the blackboard, explaining an algebraic equation. Note the boys' neat haircuts--a hallmark of the '50s!
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    Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
    Trinity College - Groups
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      • Date Created: 1949
      • Description: 1949 Trinity College students in the science laboratory in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Instructor (?) can be seen on the left. Photo #12?
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      Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
      Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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        • Date Created: 1955
        • Description: 1955 photo of a man standing with two nuns and a novice probably in a school classroom. Each holds a book.
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        Miniature of Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
        Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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          • Date Created: 1947
          • Description: 1947 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students seated at their desks in their classroom. A nun stands to the side. Photo #5.
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          Miniature of Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
          Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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            • Date Created: 1947
            • Description: 1947 photo of a Cathedral Grammar School classroom with students seated at their desks studying. Photo #6. Cracked negative.
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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 typing class Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt. Royal typewriter keyboard charts hang on the walls.
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              Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
              Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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                • Date Created: 1947
                • Description: 1947 photo of students of Mount St. Mary's Academy working on and displaying their art projects in class. The large painting to the left appears to have a nursery rhyme theme with images of Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Jack and the Bean Stalk and Mary, Mary Quite Contrary. Photo #29.
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                Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
                Trinity College - Groups
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                  • Date Created: 1957
                  • Description: 1957 photo of Trinity College students (with a remarkable range of facial expressions) assembled in a classroom. Photo #18.
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                  Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
                  Trinity College - Groups
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                    • Date Created: 1944
                    • Description: 1944 Slightly over-exposed photo of Trinity College students, perhaps members of an honor society or library workers, in the library or other classroom for a group photograph. Photo #3 or #13?
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                    Miniature of Winooski High School - Class Pictures
                    Winooski High School - Class Pictures
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                      • Description: Undated photo of male students in a classroom at Winooski High School with teacher observing.
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