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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Theatricals
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    • Date Created: 1952
    • Description: 1952 minstrel show? Photo #3.
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    Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
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      • Description: Corner of a chapel with a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with drapery in the background and flowers. Banister pattern matches the one seen in mcalA18F05i23, so perhaps this is a corner in the same chapel.
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      Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
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        • Description: Another view of a lounge very likely in McAuley Hall (1958), Trinity College, Burlington, Vt. Photo is undated but the furniture looks like late 1950s, early 1960s style. Photo #6.
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        Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
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          • Description: Dormitory room at Trinity College, very likely in Mother (Catherine) McAuley Hall, which was built in 1958.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Trinity College - Groups
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            • Date Created: 1944
            • Description: 1944. Trinity College students gathered at an outdoor ceremony. In the foreground, students stand in cross-shaped formation, with several, dressed in white, forming an inner cross. Students in the background are forming either a clover leaf--symbolic of the Holy Trinity--or a circle (or globe) at the base of the cross, an ancient Christian symbol of sovereignty. Photo #4.
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            Trinity College - Groups
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              • Date Created: 1944
              • Description: 1944 Slightly over-exposed photo of Trinity College students, perhaps members of an honor society or library workers, in the library or other classroom for a group photograph. Photo #3 or #13?
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              Trinity College - Groups
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                • Date Created: 1947
                • Description: 1947. Interior photo of a large group of children with mothers and caregivers, very likely part of Trinity College's interest in early childhood education and early diagnosis of developmental disorders. Childrens Day? Photo #2.
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                Trinity College - Groups
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                  • Date Created: 1948-1949
                  • Description: 1948 / 1949. Group of young children with their mothers or caregivers, very likely participants in Trinity College's early childhood education program. Photo taken in front of the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Childrens Day? Photo #3.
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                  Trinity College - Groups
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                    • Date Created: 1949
                    • Description: 1949. Group of Trinity College students, with faculty member (?). Unknown location. Photo #14.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Trinity College - Groups
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                      • Date Created: 1949
                      • Description: 1949. Trinity College students (or perhaps staff) gathered in an office. Photo #13.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs