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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Vergennes High School - Graduates
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- Description: Three Vergennes High School graduates in front of the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes High School - Graduates
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- Description: Vergennes High School graduating class of 1947 with banner, assembled in front of the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes High School - Graduates
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- Description: Vergennes High School graduating class of 1947 with banner, assembled in front of the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vergennes Inn
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- Description: Clarks Hardware and the Vergennes Inn, at the corner of Main and Green Street in Vergennes. The site of a tavern in the late 18th c., this property was purchased by the Stevens family in 1793 and was eventually known as the Stevens House and Stevens House Hotel. Photo dated 1945.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Music Festival - Bands (Burlington, VT)
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 school band poses in front of the west entrance of City Hall as participants in the Vermont Music Festival (Burlington, VT) Photo #10
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Faculty
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- Description: Faculty member of Trinity College and presumably a Sister of Mercy. Office very likely in the Administration Building (Mann Hall).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Faculty
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- Description: Faculty member of Trinity College and presumably a Sister of Mercy.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 graduating class of Nursing students in front of the Bishop De Goesbriand Hospital, near Trinity College. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 Trinity College graduates in academic gowns in front of the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of a small group of Trinity College graduates, a Sister of Mercy, and perhaps 2 or 3 faculty members. Photo #13.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs