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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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Children's church choir.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Portrait photo of a choral group of young men and women, possibly high school students with their director.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Mount St. Mary's Academy school chorus. Third row back, 3rd in from the left possibly Therese Tessier (later Kneen), a student at the school 1961 (also member of the Cheering Squad). Photo #18?
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: A group of graduates assembled outside for a formal class portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Two boys sit in front with one holding a baton. Photo #3. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA09F05i14, i15.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: A large group of women graduates pose for a group portrait. They wear graduation robes and hold rolled diplomas. Some of the ladies also appear with a smaller group of women in mcalA15F07i05. Mount St. Mary's?
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Road Construction
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- Date Created: 1928-09-10
- Description: September 10, 1928. An end of a strip of road being constructed is seen as workmen apply a road surface. Billboards are in the distance along with a sign for "Tourists."
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Road Construction
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- Description: Undated photograph of a road paving project on an unknown Burlington Street.
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Road Construction
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- Description: Preparing a road surface in a paving project on an unidentified Burlington Street.
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Road Construction
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- Description: An undated photograph of a blasting crew at work at an unidentified Burlington location.
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Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo outside on the front steps. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #12?
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