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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Milton High School - Activities
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- Date Created: 1944-1945
- Description: 1944/1945 portrait photo of girls' basketball team at Milton High School with coach. Photo #4.
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Milton High School - Class Pictures
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #5.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
May Crowning
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 portrait photo of a priest, several women and children standing outside along with a religious banner as they take part in May Crowning, a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May whereby an image or likeness of the Blessed Virgin is ceremonially crowned recognizing her as Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Merchant's Bank
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: Merchants National Bank on College Street, Burlington, Vt. Dated 1945.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - French Summer School
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of French Summer School faculty. Building in the background may be the Chateau Francais (built 1925) at Middlebury. Among the identifiable faculty seated in front are Stephen Freeman, Claude Bourcier, M. & Mme Guilloton, Mme Moissu. Enrollment in '52: 270 students. Photo 3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Class Pictures
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Milton High School class picture. Photo #30.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Class Pictures
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 Milton High School class picture. The boy 2nd row from the back 2nd from left is Donald Ira Chamberlin (Class of 1949) and Agnes Anne Rowley (2nd row from the front 2nd from left (also Class of 1949) Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Milton High School faculty. Photo #31.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 group portrait of Mt St Mary's basketball team outside on the grass dressed in school uniforms. Photo #23.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs