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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Trinity College - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of large group of Trinity College graduates assembled perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall) or other residence on campus. Photo #25.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 Trinity Colleges graduates, three Sisters of Mercy, and a college faculty member, assembled perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #5.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students and faculty member (?), in front of the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students in front of the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students with faculty member/Sister of Mercy. Taken very likely in the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #14.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of Trinity College students with faculty member/Sister of Mercy. Taken very likely in an office in the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #15.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of Trinity College students with faculty member/Sister of Mercy in library. A map and a globe rest on the table. Photo #14.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 Trinity College students singing a duet onstage, dressed in sailor outfits. Mann Hall stage. Photo #16?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - School of Nursing
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 portrait photo of large group of nurses assembled on the west side of City Hall in Burlington, Vt. Some appear to be wearing military uniforms, ready for wartime service directly after nursing school.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs