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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Trinity College - Graduation
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    • Date Created: 1949
    • Description: 1949 Trinity College graduates in academic gowns in front of the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #5.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Trinity College - Graduation
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      • Date Created: 1957
      • Description: 1957 large group of Trinity College graduates and a faculty member assembled perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #7.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Trinity College - Groups
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        • Date Created: 1944
        • Description: 1944. Outdoor gathering of Trinity College students on a sunny day, so it may be a graduation event, but the exact details are unknown. Students in the foreground seem to form a cross, while others stand in a circle before joining a single line. This may be an attempt to form a clover--a symbol of the Holy Trinity--or a globe at the base of a cross, an ancient Christian symbol of sovereignty. American flag seen in lower right corner.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Trinity College - Groups
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          • Date Created: 1951
          • Description: 1951. Outdoor photo on steps of Mann Hall of a large group of children with mothers and caregivers, very likely part of Trinity College's interest in early childhood development and early diagnosis of developmental disorders. Children's Day? Photo #4.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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            • Date Created: 1957
            • Description: 1957 Trinity Colleges students (library workers?) gathered in the library.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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              • Date Created: 1957
              • Description: 1957 Tea party at Trinity College, with students and faculty attending. Photo #3.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              UVM - Fleming Museum
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                • Description: Display case in the Fleming Museum with a variety of artifacts.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                UVM - Fraternities - Alpha Tau Omega
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                  • Date Created: 1951
                  • Description: Members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, with house at 21 So. Williams St., Burlington, Vt. Dated 1951. Photo #26.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  UVM - Fraternities - Sigma Alpha Epsilon
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                    • Date Created: 1953
                    • Description: Members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, with house at 61 Summit St., Burlington, Vt. A similar photo appears on p.139 of the 1953 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook. (Same group as in mcalB19F30i01.) Photo #36.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    UVM - Fraternities - Unidentified
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                      • Date Created: 1953
                      • Description: Brothers of an as yet unidentified fraternity. Dated 1953. Photo #6.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs