Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Collection Overview
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)...
Show moreLouis 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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1954 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled on the school's stage. Photo #26.
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1961 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes standing in a stairwell.
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1956 or 1957 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled inside on the school's stage . Photo #17.
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1954 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled on the school's stage. Photo #28.
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1957 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in robes assembled in the choir loft with church or chapel pipe organ seen behind them.
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1947 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled in choir loft with church or chapel pipe organ behind. Photo #25.
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1961 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes standing outside on the steps of the school along with one of the Sisters of Mercy. Photo #28.
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1959 Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled inside with two pianos and pianists. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) back row 6th from left. Photo #19.
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1956 or 1957 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled outside on the steps of the school . Photo #9.
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1957 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes.
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1960 Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus standing outside the school. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) back row 3rd from right. Photo #12
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1957 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes.
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1955 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes. Photo #3.
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1961 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes standing outside on the steps of the school with one of the Sisters of Mercy. Photo #27.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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1947 arts and craft class at Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington, Vt. Photo #11.
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1947 photo of students of Mount St. Mary's Academy working on and displaying their art projects in class. The large painting to the left appears to have a nursery rhyme theme with images of Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Jack and the Bean Stalk and Mary, Mary Quite Contrary. Photo #29.
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A Sister of Mercy nun teaches elementary school children a math lesson as they stand at the black board at Mount St. Mary's Academy in this 1955 photograph. Photo #4.
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1941 typing class Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt. Royal typewriter keyboard charts hang on the walls.
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1946 group of Mount St. Mary's Academy high school students carving linoleum art blocks. Prints from the blocks can be seen hanging up behind the girls. Location may be a library as rows of books are seen in bookcases along the back wall. Photo #4.
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1941 drawing from life art class at Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt. with a seated model being drawn by six students.