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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Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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- Description: Undated photo of a dormitory like room. A nun fixes the hair on one child, other children busy themselves with duties. Beds line the walls with a toy carefully placed on each. Could this be St. Joseph's Orphanage in Burlington, Vermont? Photo #4.
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Cathedral Grammar School
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- Description: 1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont. Photo #1.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1942 class photo of Cathedral High School students and one older woman (standing 2nd row center) gathered outside on the steps of the the school. Photo #13.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1944 photo of Cathedral High School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt for a class picture. Photo #15.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1944 photo of Cathedral High School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vt for a class picture. Photo #8.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: April 1945 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled inside for a group picture in Burlington, Vt. Photo #19
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1946 photo of female Cathedral High School students and one older man and woman assembled for a class picture outside on the steps of the Cathedral in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #12.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1946 photo of Cathedral High School students outside for a class picture on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #2.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: Summer-Spring 1948-1949 photo of Cathedral High School students with one nun standing in the back. They are gathered on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1952 photo of female Cathedral High School students outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture. Some of the girls in the back row wear a uniform different from the regular school uniforms.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs