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 - Graduates
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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: 1945 Mount St. Mary's Academy graduates. Photo #3.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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      • Date Created: 1948
      • Description: 1948 group portrait Mount St. Mary's Academy students assembled outside with the school seen behind them. Photo #20.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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        • Date Created: 1948
        • Description: 1948 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus dressed in robes standing in a school stair well.
        • 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 assembled around a table for a group portrait. Some are looking at a booklet. Several of the same booklets lie on the table. Photo #22.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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            • Date Created: 1949
            • Description: 1949 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside. Photo #5.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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              • Date Created: 1954
              • Description: 1954 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #23
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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                • Date Created: 1957
                • Description: 1957 group photo of ten Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #27.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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                  • Date Created: 1960
                  • Description: 1960 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside on the steps of the school. Photo #16 or 17?
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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                    • Date Created: 1953
                    • Description: 1953 photo of young women and two children standing near the crowned statue of the Virgin Mary. They are in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's Academy and are participants in the religious ritual called May Crowning. Photo #1.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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                      • Date Created: 1961
                      • Description: 1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #22.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs