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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.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    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


      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).
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        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.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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            • Description: Ira Allen Chapel, as seen from the UVM green.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            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


              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


                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


                  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


                    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