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: 1944
- Description: Nursing class of '44 in a group photo with two Sisters of Mercy, taken in front of the Administration Building, later renamed Mann Hall. NOTE: This photo appears in the BFP, June 7,1944, p.3. "Degoesbriand Hospital graduates 23 nurses." All graduates are identified. The sisters are: Sr. Carroll and Sr. Collins of the Bp. DeGoes. hospital admin. staff.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Graduation
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 Trinity College graduates, three Sisters of Mercy, who also may be faculty members, and another faculty member assembled perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #6.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 Young women, either students or staff, gathered in a Trinity College reception room for a group photograph.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Description: The campus dining staff at Trinity College cafeteria, (McAuley Hall?) Undated but may be late 1950s. Photo #18.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1956-1957
- Description: 1956 / 1957 Outdoor photo on the steps of Mann Hall. Group of young children with their mothers or caregivers (and perhaps one father), very likely participants in Trinity College's early childhood education program. Childrens Day?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Groups
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 photo of Trinity College students gathered in the library. Photo #19.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of a school dramatic production. Photo #21.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 Christmas gathering of children, an angel, Santa Claus and his little elf helper and a Christmas tree in the background. They are in the hallway of a school or other public building. One rides a hobby horse and a girl plays the xylophone.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Fraternities - Unidentified
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- Description: Brothers of an as yet unidentified fraternity. Dated 1953. Photo #12.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
UVM - Graduation Ceremony
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 University of Vermont graduation ceremony in front of Waterman building on campus. Umbrellas are up. It must be raining.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs