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 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 #1.
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    Miniature of Nazareth School, Burlington
    Nazareth School, Burlington
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      • Description: A group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1956, gather in front of the school for a formal class photo. Msgr. Charles Marcoux stands at the center of the group. Boys wear solid colored robes and are in the back rows. The girls are in white robes and are in the front. Photo #1. 8th grade graduates at Nazareth School (later called St Joseph Parish School) at 20 Allen Street in Burlington. Closed 2010. Photo #2.
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      Miniature of Christ the King School, Burlington
      Christ the King School, Burlington
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        • Date Created: 1959
        • Description: Information written on the back of the photograph states this is a 1959 formal class portrait of the first graduating class of Rice Memorial High School. This class earlier graduated from Christ the King School. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Present are Msgr. Charles A. Towne, Father John L. Gagnon, Father Wendell Searles. Among the students is Christopher Terrien II (later Dr.) and Marcelle Pomerleau (later wife of Senator Patrick Leahy). Photo #2. Same group as mcalA09F05i39.
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        Miniature of Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
        Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
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          • Date Created: 1957
          • Description: 1957 photo of large group of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty (seated, front row) and students, taken outside Pearsons Hall. Director Werner Neuse is seated 11th from the left. Photo 3.
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          Miniature of Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
          Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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            • Description: Formal class photo at the private Catholic girls' school, Mount St. Mary's in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #21.
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            Miniature of Nazareth School, Burlington
            Nazareth School, Burlington
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              • Description: A group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1960, gather in front of the school for a formal class photo. Msgr. Charles Marcoux stands at the center of the group. Boys wear solid colored robes and are in the back rows. The girls are in white robes and are in the front. Photo #1. 8th grade graduates at Nazareth School (later called St Joseph Parish School) at 20 Allen Street in Burlington. Closed 2010.
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              Miniature of Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
              Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
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                • Date Created: 1946
                • Description: Dated 1946 but that may be an error. Probably 1956. Group photo of large group of students attending Russian Summer School at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. Same group as mcalA13F10i02
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                Miniature of Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
                Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
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                  • Date Created: 1958
                  • Description: Date 1958. Group photo a very large group of students attending German Summer School at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont taken outside Pearsons Hall. Photo 3.
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                  Miniature of Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
                  Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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                    • Description: Students of the Mount St. Mary's Glee Club, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble on and in front of the stage for a formal group photo. School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
                    Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
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                      • Date Created: 1945
                      • Description: 1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #3.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs