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 Weddings
Weddings
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    • Date Created: 1944
    • Description: 1944 photo of wedding party outside Ira Allen Chapel on University of Vermont campus, Burlington, Vt. Photo #5.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Middlebury College - Groups, Unidentified
    Middlebury College - Groups, Unidentified
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      • Date Created: 1946
      • Description: 1946 group portrait of a small group of men outside in front of the Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. Photo #8.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
      Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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        • Date Created: 1957
        • Description: 1957 May Crowning participants in front of the crowned statue of the Virgin Mary in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's, Burlington.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
        Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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          • Date Created: 1957
          • Description: 1957 photo of a young woman placing a crown on the statue of Blessed Virgin as part of the May Crowning ceremony. Photo #3.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
          Trinity College - Groups
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            • Date Created: 1956
            • Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students, perhaps members of a sodality or other honors group, gathered in chapel. Priest may be Fr. Barry E. Fontaine.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of UVM - Chorus
            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
              Miniature of Burlington Streets: University Place
              Burlington Streets: University Place
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                • Date Created: 1928-09-17
                • Description: September 17, 1928. Road construction of curbs along University Place looking from Pearl Street. Ira Allen Chapel is to the left with Billings just beyond that. To the right is the main University of Vermont green.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Congregational Church, First - Groups
                Congregational Church, First - Groups
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                  • Description: Staff members of the church include (back row) Rev. George W. Lawrence, Jr (Associate Minister) and Rev. Charles Stanley Jones, DD (Minister). Second from left is Cora Prior, next to her is Fanny Edgarton, then Helen Best and Prudence B. They stand outside in front of the chapel next to the main church building. May be 1950s.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of UVM Ira Allen Chapel
                  UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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                    • Description: Ira Allen Chapel on a snowy day, as seen from Colchester Ave. Torrey Hall can be seen on the far left.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits, children, unidentified
                    Portraits, children, unidentified
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                      • Description: Eight young women and a little girl stand in the Sacred Heart Chapel of Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vermont as participants of the Catholic ritual, May Crowning. The girls are dressed in gowns with the statue of the crowned Virgin Mary behind adorned with gladiolas. See also mcalA15F09i07
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs