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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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 photo of Mount St. Mary's students purchasing goods at what may be a student run store at the school.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Sodality
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of the Mt. St. Mary's Academy Sodality in a classroom, here demonstrating some of their activities-- spiritual reading and making signs to promote the benefits of praying the rosary. Sodalities gave lay Catholics the opportunity to increase their personal devotion and serve others; hence, the sign: "Rosaries release souls from Purgatory. Say yours every day." Another one says: "Convert Russia through the Rosary." Photo #15.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: Two over exposed images of an infant baby girl lying on a bassinet for a photo portrait. Dated 1944.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Children
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: Photo of a 1949 photo of two young girls (sisters?) pinned to a surface. They wear matching ballerina outfits, tulle over-skirts, flower garlands in their hair and strike a pose with arms outstretched. They stand in front of a fireplace.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 indoor photo of a woman holding a young girl.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
School Sports - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1951-1952
- Description: 1951/1952 - Members of an unidentified girls high school basketball team. Two members wear a heart shaped name tag on their jackets. One says "Jean." Two other members have the single letter "S" on their jackets. Photo #9.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 high school dramatic production. The all female cast members stand on stage. Two wear large hats with long dark veils. They pose on stage with a living room or parlor setting. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Winooski High School - Cheerleaders
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 Winooski High School cheerleaders stand in formation in the gymnasium. They wear their school sweatshirts with the letter "W". Photo #7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Graduation - Unidentified
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- Description: Photo of graduates holding their diplomas. Girls are dressed in white or light colored dresses ; the boys in suit and tie. Bouquets of flowers, corsages and flower wreaths are seen. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Lyman C. Hunt Junior High
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- Description: Undated group portrait of students at the Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School, Burlington, Vt. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs