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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Nazareth School - Graduates
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    • Date Created: 1961
    • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1961, with Msgr. Charles Marcoux. In Fall of 1961, the school will be known as St. Joseph School instead of Ecole Nazareth or Nazareth School. The parish waited, apparently, for another St. Joseph School in Burlington to close before changing the name of its own school. Photo #3.
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    Nazareth School - Graduates
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      • Date Created: 1932
      • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1932 (according to the parish history published in 1988), with Rev. Norbert Proulx, pastor (1920-1933), the elder among the four priests. Fr. Proulx oversaw the construction of the new school, which was built in 1929. The students, dressed very elegantly (obviously before caps and gowns became standard), proudly hold their diplomas.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
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        • Date Created: 1950
        • Description: 1950 photo of construction of New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. at 266 Main Street, Burlington, Vt. showing wood framing.
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        Oil Tank Construction
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          • Date Created: 1952-07-15
          • Description: July 15, 1952 oil tank construction by C. A. Congdon Construction. Workmen on site. Location may be Burlington water front.
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          Oil Tank Construction
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            • Date Created: 1952
            • Description: 1952 landscape view of oil tank construction site with Lake Champlain in background.
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            Order of the Eastern Star
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              • Date Created: undated
              • Description: Eastern Star members in formal attire, attending a function. Photo #3.
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              Order of the Eastern Star
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                • Date Created: undated
                • Description: Members of Eastern Star, formally dressed, seated and standing for a portrait photograph. Photo #1.
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                Order of the Eastern Star
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                  • Date Created: undated
                  • Description: A large group of Eastern Star members in formal dress, seated and standing for a portrait photograph at an Order of the Eastern Star function. Photo #2.
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                  Order of the Eastern Star
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                    • Date Created: undated
                    • Description: A large group of Eastern Star members in formal dress, seated and standing for a portrait photograph at an Order of the Eastern Star function. Photo #1.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Photographs
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                      • Date Created: undated
                      • Description: Two images of a photo of a young priest. His portrait appears elsewhere in the McAllister collection (mcalA16F01i13)
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