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 Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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    • Date Created: 1953
    • Description: A very dim 1953 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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      • Date Created: 1957
      • Description: 1957 group photo of nine Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #29.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
      Nazareth School - Graduates
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        • Date Created: 1949
        • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1949 (as indicated in the lower left corner of photo) with Rev. (Msgr.) Joseph Pariseau, pastor, and William F. Laliberte, curate. This is the first class to wear traditional caps and gowns. The school (20 Allen St., Burl.) was renamed St. Joseph School in 1961 (another Burl. school by the same name had closed) and then closed in 2010 because of declining enrollment. Photo #2.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
        Nazareth School - Graduates
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          • Date Created: 1953
          • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1953 (as written in the lower left corner), with Msgr. Joseph Pariseau, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, 1933-1956.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Saint Joseph's School - Class Dinners
          Saint Joseph's School - Class Dinners
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            • Date Created: 1949
            • Description: 1949 photo of a class dinner for the St. Joseph School Class of '49, with Rt. Rev. Joseph E. Pariseau sitting at the head table, along with students (top 2 boys and girls?) and perhaps teachers, and a sister in the Daughters of the Holy Ghost order.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
            Graduations - Unidentified
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              • Date Created: 1957
              • Description: 1957 photo of a group of graduates in cap and gown assembled outside for a portrait.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
              Graduations - Unidentified
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                • Date Created: 1948-1949
                • Description: 1948/1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Graduation - Unidentified
                Graduation - Unidentified
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                  • Date Created: 1944
                  • Description: 1944 photo of graduates gathered outside each holding their diploma. Photo #2.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Milton Elementary School
                  Milton Elementary School
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 Milton Elementary School class portrait with their teacher. Photo #20.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
                    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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                      • Date Created: 1956
                      • Description: 1956 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the school steps. Photo #3.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs