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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Miniature of Christ the King School - Graduation
Christ the King School - Graduation
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    • Description: Christ the King School - Graduation 1956/1957. Photo #4.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Christ the King School - Graduation
    Christ the King School - Graduation
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      • Date Created: 1956/1957
      • Description: Christ the King School - Graduation 1956/1957. Photo #2.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Christ the King School - Graduation
      Christ the King School - Graduation
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        • Date Created: 1953
        • Description: Christ the King School - Graduation 1953.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
        Graduations - Unidentified
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          • Date Created: 1952
          • Description: 1952 photo of graduates in cap and gown assembled outside for a group portrait along with an older man.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
          Graduations - Unidentified
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            • Date Created: 1949
            • Description: 1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
            Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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              • Date Created: 1949
              • Description: 1949 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside with the school seen behind them.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
              Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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                • Date Created: 1957
                • Description: 1957 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students outside on the steps of the school. Photo #7.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
                Nazareth School - Graduates
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                  • Date Created: 1952
                  • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1952 (as written in the lower left corner), with Msgr. Joseph Pariseau, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, 1933-1956. Photo #2.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of St. Anthony's Church and School
                  St. Anthony's Church and School
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: Graduating students of St. Anthony parish school gather with Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor, for a class photo. After serving in many parishes, Fr. Marion came to St. Anthony's in 1940. The 10-year-old school soon had a bus, a hot lunch program, and, at the insistence of the Quebecois pastor, offered French for an hour a day starting with 3rd graders.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Graduations - Unidentified
                    Graduations - Unidentified
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                      • Date Created: 1944
                      • Description: 1944 photo of graduates in cap and gown assembled outside for a group portrait along with an older man.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs