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.
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Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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- Date Created: 1948
- Description: Summer 1948 photo of a group of Marycrest campers seated in a semi circle on the porch.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Misc.
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of several young people gathered around a billiards (pool) table. Could these be camp counselors or leaders? Photo #14.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Staff
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- Description: 1959 contact sheet with four photos of Camp Marycrest; group photo of staff with nuns and priest (photo #10), photo of campers (photo #7), young girls singing with instructor, parade.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Staff
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- Description: Undated group photo of Camp Marycrest staff, nuns and priest on the steps of the main building. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Theatricals
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- Description: Puppet theater by the girls of Camp Marycrest. 1940s-1950s?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Marycrest - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of an outdoor performance by Marycrest campers near the main building on the camp grounds. Photo #34.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral Grammar School
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- Description: 8th grade Cathedral CYO team taken sometime during the 1956-1957 basketball season. bottom row (L to R): John Mahoney, Michel Thibault, Dayton Contois, John Henry, Michael Rivers, Louis Izzo, Clayton Fuller. top row (L to R): Coach Ray Tafrate, Harold Wimette, Paul King, Robert Carver, Michael Fargione, unidentified #17, Edward Mahoney, Craig Echo, unidentified # 6, unidentified. Photo # 2. See also mcalA01F04i24,mcalB03F08i16
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral Grammar School
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- Date Created: 1940
- Description: 1940 photo (printed backwards) of a math class at Cathedral Grammar School. Students stand at the blackboard working out math problems. Others sit at their desks reading their books. Art work hangs from the top of the blackboard. Photo #21.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral Grammar School
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- Description: 1946 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students assembled for a group picture and dressed for First Communion. They are gathered on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt. Photo #28.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral Grammar School
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- Description: Spring 1945 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students assembled for a group picture on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs