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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Graduations - Unidentified
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    • Date Created: 1944
    • Description: 1944 photo of graduates gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Girls are in uniform. They all wear a long ribbon pinned to the left shoulder. This may be a Catholic school. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
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    Graduation - Unidentified
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      • Date Created: 1957
      • Description: 1957 photo of a small group of graduates in cap and gown gathered in front of what may be the Round Church in Richmond, Vermont.
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      Graduation - Unidentified
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        • Description: Photo of graduates holding their diplomas. Girls are dressed in white or light colored dresses ; the boys in suit and tie. Bouquets of flowers, corsages and flower wreaths are seen. Undated.
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        Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bowling Clubs
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: 1945 Six men of of the Eagles Club bowling club, 793, Burlington, Vermont standing behind a table with trophies. A small banner is attached to the front of the table.
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          Graduations - Unidentified
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            • Date Created: 1947
            • Description: 1947 photo of graduates in cap and gown standing outside in front of a brick building. Photo #2.
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            Flowers, Pots
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              • Description: Gladiolus flower
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              4-H Club
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                • Date Created: 1951-1952
                • Description: 1951/1952 Fall-Spring 4-H Club members gathered on the steps in front of Waterman Building, University of Vermont.
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                First Congregational Church
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                  • Description: Photo of a photo tacked to a surface of the First Congregational Church and Chapel, So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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                  Middlebury College - French Summer School
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                    • Date Created: 1958
                    • Description: 1958 photo of the French Summer School faculty. Senior faculty in the front row that can be identified include (l. -r.): Claude Bourcier, M. Guilloton, Mme Moissu, and Stephen Freeman. Enrollment in '58: 338. Junior faculty (standing)were recruited from France and other American colleges.
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                    Middlebury College - French Summer School
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                      • Date Created: 1946
                      • Description: French School Faculty: 1946 photo taken in front of the Chateau Francais. Senior faculty seated in front row are, l.-r.: Claude Bourcier, Mr. Pargment, Stephen Freeman, Mme Guilloton, Rene Jasinski, Andre Morize, Mme Morize, Mme Gall-Bernot, Mr. Guilloton, and Mme Moussu. Younger faculty were recruited from France to maintain the authenticity of spoken French and enhance the instruction of French culture.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs