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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McAllister Portraits
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    • Description: Photo of Louis McAllister on his step ladder with his tall tripod as he steadies his camera ready to take a photograph. He is in front of Billings Library on the University of Vermont campus; Ira Allen Chapel is in the background.
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    Portraits - Individuals
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      • Date Created: 1949-1950
      • Description: 1949 or 1950 portrait photo of a young woman in a long gown standing in a chapel surrounded by basketful of flowers.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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      Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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        • Date Created: undated
        • Description: "Cathedral Grammar School" [sic]. Sisters of Mercy recessing in the Sacred Heart Chapel after mass presumably, with novices in front, one of whom is carrying the cross. The convent was built between 1885 and 1890, in mostly Victorian and French Second Empire styles. The architect remains unknown. The number of residents peaked in 1964 (182) but fell to 43 in 1996 (Blow et al., Historic Guide, II: 65-66).
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        Churches, Identified
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          • Description: All Saints Chapel. St. Paul's Parish. Burlington. Located on South Willard Street. Undated photo. Current site of the Greek Orthodox Church Dormition of the Mother of God at 600 South Willard.
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          Miniature of UVM Ira Allen Chapel
          UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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            • Description: Ira Allen Chapel, as seen from the UVM green.
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            Miniature of Fanny Allen Hospital - School of Nursing Chapel
            Fanny Allen Hospital - School of Nursing Chapel
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              • Description: 1953 photo of the interior of the Fanny Allen Hospital School of Nursing Chapel. Close up of the altar.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
              Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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                • Date Created: 1946
                • Description: 1946 May Crowning religious ceremony in the Mount St. Mary's Academy Sacred Heart Chapel. Young ladies line the aisle singing, wearing long gowns, veils, and holding bouquets of flowers. In the background a young woman crowns the statue of the Virgin Mary.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's Convent
                Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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                  • Date Created: 1955
                  • Description: Prayer before the altar in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's. Nuns wearing black veils very likely have made their solemn vows required by their order, the Sisters of Mercy. Those with white are novices, who remain so for at least a year of study and discernment. The women wearing black lace are very likely postulants, a stage earlier than the novitiate. Dated 1955.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                  Portraits, groups, unidentified
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                    • Description: A group of young women and one young girl pose for a portrait in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's, Burlington, Vermont as participants in a religious ceremony. The religious statue of the Virgin Mary is seen in the background with a crown and surrounded by gladiola and carnation flowers. See also mcalA14F15i05
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of UVM Ira Allen Chapel
                    UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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                      • Description: Ira Allen Chapel as seen from the UVM green after a heavy snowstorm. Photo embossed lower right corner "McAllister, Burlington, Vt.".
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs