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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- Description: Burlington High School Chorus as pictured in 1956 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 77. Mrs. Jean Pappoutsakis, choral director, center front row. Names of students also listed in the Oread. Photo #4.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Photo of six women graduates in graduation robes holding rolled diplomas. Two other ladies stand with them; one on each end. They all wear corsages and stand before a stage. Some of the ladies also appear with a larger group of women in mcalA15F07i06. Mount St. Mary's?
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- Description: Students gather around a table displaying a variety of publications by the Catholic Press. Banners and posters encourage students to read books printed by the publisher. "February is Catholic Press month" reads one of the posters hanging from the front of the table. "Be Catholic, read Catholic ... join the millions who read the Catholic Press" reads a wall banner. Photo no. 3. Location may be in the school's library. Undated but may be 1950s. See also mcalA09F05i10.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Three young people dressed as the Three Wisemen (Magi) present their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the Christ Child in what appears to be a Christmas pageant at Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington. A manger scene hangs behind the altar which has been set up on the stage with the tabernacle. Photo #1. See also mcalA15F09i08, mcalB13F08i02
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: Five uniformed (Catholic?) girls pose for a portrait with five young men dressed in suit and tie. See also mcalA15F07i29
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- Description: A gathering of men assemble outside on the steps of an as yet unidentified building, possibly at the University of Vermont. This particular entrance consisting of 4 heavy doors, a dozen or more steps, massive railing, columns, and lamps, seems no longer to exist. The date of the photo may late 1930s or early 1940s. Mc6 is seen in photographer's hand writing indicating his numbering system.
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: A gathering of men stand outside in winter on the steps of the state capitol building in Montpelier, Vermont. Undated but may be 1920s?
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Portraits, groups, unidentified
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- Description: A large group of young people along with a few older adults gather at a rustic restaurant(?) for a special meal and event.
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- Description: Eight older women gather in a corner of a room for a group portrait. Room contains living room type furniture. Could this be a Bible study class?
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- Description: Six men stop their work and stand next to two butchered cows (steers?) in a meat processing plant. Undated.
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