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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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1941
- Description: 1941 class portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students assembled outside on a grassy spot with a religious statue. Photo #14.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing beside a Green Mountaineer chartered bus. Suitcases are seen in front. Two nuns and the bus driver with the group. Photo #31.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled inside with two pianos and pianists. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) back row 6th from left. Photo #19.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes standing in a stairwell.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 portrait photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy graduates. Photo #6.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Milton High School graduates.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Milton High School graduates.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 group portrait of Mt St Mary's basketball team outside on the steps of the school assembled in M formation. Photo #12
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Staff
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 group portrait of Mary Fletcher Hospital nursing staff. Photo #17.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
May Crowning
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- Date Created: 1948-1949
- Description: 1948/1949 photo of a young girl placing a crown on a statue of the Virgin Mary as part of 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. This may be Mother's Day.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs