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 Graduations - Unidentified
Graduations - Unidentified
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    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: 1945 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?
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    Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
    Graduations - Unidentified
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      • Date Created: 1949
      • Description: 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?
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      Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
      Graduations - Unidentified
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        • Date Created: 1947
        • Description: 1947 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? Photo #3.
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        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 #1.
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          Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
          Graduations - Unidentified
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            • Date Created: 1944
            • Description: 1944 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. All wear the same color gown. Visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." An older man sits center second row. Photo #2.
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            Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
            Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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              • Date Created: 1961
              • Description: 1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #7.
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              Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
              Nazareth School - Graduates
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                • Date Created: 1950
                • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1950 (as seen in the parish history published in 1988), with Rev. (Msgr.) Joseph Pariseau, pastor, and Rev. William F. Laliberte, curate. Engraved above the main entrance "Ecole Nazareth 1929." The school was renamed St. Joseph School in 1961, after another Burl. by the same name had closed, thereby ending any potential name confusion.
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                Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
                Nazareth School - Graduates
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                  • Date Created: 1951
                  • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1951, as seen in the parish history published in 1988, with Rev. (Msgr.) Joseph Pariseau (wearing biretta) and Rev. William F. Laliberte.
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                  Miniature of School Groups - Unidentified
                  School Groups - Unidentified
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                    • Date Created: circa 1945
                    • Description: Ca. 1945 photo of 8 students assembled outside a school for a portrait. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #14.
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                    Miniature of School Groups - Unidentified
                    School Groups - Unidentified
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                      • Date Created: circa 1945
                      • Description: Ca. 1945 photo of 3 students and a teacher, perhaps, standing outside a school building. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #12.
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