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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Miniature of Winooski High School - Class Pictures
Winooski High School - Class Pictures
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    • Description: Undated Winooski High School classroom with teacher and students. May be for one of the school's yearbooks.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Burlington High School Groups
    Burlington High School Groups
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      • Description: Photo of Irene Elizabeth Frye of Charlotte, Vt., a Burlington High School student seated at a wooden school desk in a classroom with several papers spread out before her. Irene was Head Bank Cashier for her senior class. Taken in Edmunds High School building. Photo was cropped and appears in BHS yearbook Oread 1954, p. 28.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Burlington Business College
      Burlington Business College
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        • Description: Male and female college students are seen in a classroom setting at the Burlington Business College. 1940s? They sit two side by side at shared wooden desks.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of First Congregational Church - Organizations
        First Congregational Church - Organizations
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          • Description: Sunday School class with two teachers and a group of young children. Taken in house on Orchard Terrace, known as "The Pilgrim House", purchased by the First Congregational Church for Sunday School use. Demolished in the 1960s to make way for new addition to the church. Photo #14.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
          Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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            • Date Created: 1947
            • Description: 1947 chemistry class Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt. Photo #13.
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            Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
            Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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              • Date Created: 1941
              • Description: 1941 typing class Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt. Students use manual typewriters. Machine covers have been placed on the back to the chairs. Photo #23.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
              Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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                • Date Created: 1947
                • Description: 1947 high school life drawing art class at Mount St. Mary's Academy Photo #28.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
                Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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                  • Date Created: 1957
                  • Description: 1957 group photo of chemistry class students of Mount St. Mary's Academy. Some of the girls wear plastic protective aprons. Photo #34.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
                  Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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                    • Date Created: 1957
                    • Description: 1957 group photo of chemistry class students of Mount St. Mary's Academy. Some of the girls wear plastic protective aprons. Photo #35.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
                    Trinity College - Groups
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                      • Date Created: 1957
                      • Description: 1957 photo of women affiliated with Trinity College in some way-students? faculty? staff?
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs