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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Trinity College - Graduation
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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: 1945 graduating class of Nursing students in front of the Bishop De Goesbriand Hospital, near Trinity College. Photo #3.
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    UVM - School of Nursing
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      • Date Created: 1950
      • Description: 1950 portrait photo of nurses from UVM's School of Nursing. Mary Fletcher Hospital staff. Photo #4.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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        • Description: 1957 photo of a group of nurses standing outside on steps. Photo #2.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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          • Description: 1949/1950 photo of a group of nurses gathered inside for a group picture. Photo #1.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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            • Description: 1947 portrait photo of nurse graduates gathered inside. Each holds a diploma. Photo #2.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            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 - Groups
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                • Date Created: 1948
                • Description: 1948 Trinity College Nursing students. Photo #1. (This venue is the same as that seen in mcalB19F07i03, which shows recent graduates of Fanny Allen Hospital nurses training.)
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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                  • Description: 1946/1947 photo of a group of nurses standing outside on steps. Photo #3.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Fanny Allen Hospital - Nurses
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                    • Description: 1946/1947 photo of a group of nurses standing outside on steps. Photo #5.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    UVM - School of Nursing
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                      • Description: Group of UVM School of Nursing students, probably at graduation time, wearing capes neatly draped to display crisp white uniforms. Location is Ira Allen Chapel. Dated 1945. Photo #2.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs