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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Trinity College - Graduation
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    • Date Created: 1944
    • Description: 1944 group of Trinity College graduates in academic gowns. Office is very likely in the Administration Building (Mann Hall).
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Trinity College - Graduation
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      • Date Created: 1957
      • Description: 1957 photo of three Trinity College graduates sitting in front of two Sisters of Mercy, who also may be faculty members. Photo #20.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Trinity College - Groups
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        • Date Created: 1944
        • Description: 1944. Trinity College students gathered at an outdoor ceremony. In the foreground, students stand in cross-shaped formation, with several, dressed in white, forming an inner cross. Students in the background are forming either a clover leaf--symbolic of the Holy Trinity--or a circle (or globe) at the base of the cross, an ancient Christian symbol of sovereignty. Photo #3.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Trinity College - Groups
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          • Date Created: 1948-1949
          • Description: 1948 / 1949. Large group of children with mothers and caregivers, very likely part of Trinity College's interest in early childhood development and early diagnosis of developmental disorders. Mann Hall. Childrens Day? Photo #2.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Trinity College - Groups
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            • Date Created: 1949
            • Description: 1949 Trinity College students in the science laboratory in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Instructor (?) can be seen on the left. Photo #12?
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Trinity College - Groups
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              • Date Created: 1956
              • Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students. White jackets may indicate membership in an honor society. Photo #7?
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Trinity College - Nurses
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                • Date Created: 1948-1949
                • Description: 1948 / 1949 graduating class portrait photo of Trinity College nurses standing outside in front of Mann Hall. Photo #2.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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                  • Date Created: 1949
                  • Description: 1949 Trinity College students about to board a bus parked on Colchester Ave. Purpose and destination unknown. Grocery store in the background, at corner of East Ave. and Colchester, owned by Wiley F. Danforth (note "DA").
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  UVM - Chorus
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                    • Description: UVM Chorus, an all-women group in this photo (but in subsequent years, mixed). Director is Prof. Howard G. Bennett (front row, center) and the likely accompanist is Miriam N. Marston, Instructor (front row, 4th from right). Location is Ira Allen Chapel. This photo appears in the 1946 Ariel (UVM yearbook), p. 106, with all students identified by last name.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    UVM - Fraternities - Delta Psi
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                      • Description: Members of Delta Psi fraternity, with house at 61 Summit St., Burlington, Vt. Dated 1951. Photo #16.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs