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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22 Burlington (Vt.)

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Miniature of Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
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    • Date Created: 1951-1952
    • Description: 1951 / 1952 photo of Saint Joseph's Church sanctuary with worshipers. The church, the largest in Vermont, was finished in 1887, but the parish itself began in 1850. A centennial history of the parish was published in 1987 and has a detailed history of the building's design and construction. Here one sees the full panoply of religious artifacts and decoration known before the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, some of which can be seen at St. Joseph's today. These include a reproduction of DaVinci's "Last Supper," numerous statues of saints and angels, at least 3 American flags, perhaps a flag of Vatican City, flowers, plants, and special lighting. In addition, a man standing in the middle of the church appears to be playing a trumpet. The occasion of this particular mass is not known.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
    Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
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      • Date Created: 1947
      • Description: 1947 photo of religious statue (Virgin Mary) under a canopy surrounded by lilies in Saint Joseph's Church.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Legion of Mary
      Legion of Mary
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        • Date Created: 1956-1957
        • Description: Group portrait of the women of the Legion of Mary. A banner is seen in the back with a religious statue in front. Dated 1956 / 1957. Photo #1.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Legion of Mary
        Legion of Mary
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          • Date Created: circa 1950's
          • Description: 1950s group portrait of the women of the Legion of Mary. A banner is seen in back with a religious statue in front of it. Dated 1956 / 1957. Photo #2.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's Convent
          Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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            • Date Created: 1957
            • Description: 10 Sisters of Mercy, gathered before a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, perhaps near Mount St. Mary's. Dated 1957. Photo #1.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of UVM Buildings
            UVM Buildings
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              • Description: Created in 1921 and restored in 2000, "this bronze statue of UVM's founder, Ira Allen, was executed by sculptor Sherry Fry, a member of the National Academy of Design... James B. Wilbur, a wealthy businessman from Manchester, Vermont, who wrote the 1928 biography of Ira Allen, gave the statue to the University. The statue displaced the Lafayette statue which was relocated to the north side of the University Green, thus severing the logical connection between the original placement of the statue of Lafayette and Old Mill." (Source: Prof. William Lipke, UVM Dept. of Art. "Ira Allen, 1921" Art & Architecture at UVM. http://www.uvm.edu/~wlipke/artuvm/allen.php)
              • 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: Young woman kneeling before a statue of Jesus that features the Sacred Heart. This may have been part of a promotional campaign to encourage vocations to the Sisters of Mercy. Dated 1955.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
                Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
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                  • Date Created: 1947
                  • Description: 1947 photo of the interior of St. Joseph's Church, which has a statue of Mary under a canopy and placed at the top of some steps. The statue is well lighted and surrounded by Easter lilies, palms, and other flowers.
                  • 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: 10 Sisters of Mercy, gathered before a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, perhaps near Mount St. Mary's. Dated 1955.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
                    Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
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                      • Date Created: 1951-1952
                      • Description: 1951 / 1952 Saint Joseph's Church sanctuary with worshipers. Two boys look at the photographer as he takes a picture of the altar at St.Joseph's Church on the Old North End in Burlington, Vt. The altar is crowded with statues of saints and angels and decorated with candles, flowers, plants, and flags. High above the altar is a reproduction of DaVinci's "Last Supper," and a prominent statue of Mary under a canopy can be seen on the left. In keeping with the Tridentine rite of the Roman Catholic Church, the priest faces the altar (and not the parishioners, as in current practice) where the Latin texts are framed and set in place. Photo 4.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs