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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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside on the steps of the school. Photo #16 or 17?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #22.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 photo of young women and two children standing near the crowned statue of the Virgin Mary. They are in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's Academy and are participants in the religious ritual called May Crowning. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 photo of several Mount St. Mary's students and a nun gathered around a table with books and Vermont related material on display. Photo #13.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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- Date Created: 1955
- Description: 1955 photo of a young girl student standing outside with a nun and another woman.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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
Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 group photo of cast members of a theatrical production at Mount St. Mary's Academy. A king and queen are seated on their thrones. Other actors stand along side. Photo #31.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
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- Date Created: 1956-1957
- Description: A camping scene from a high school dramatic production on stage at Mount St. Mary's Academy in 1956 or 1957. Celebrity photos and pennants decorate the set. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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- Date Created: 1955
- Description: Sister of Mercy and student during a piano lesson. Dated 1955.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs