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.
Revised April, 2010
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1957 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #14.
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1959 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school.
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1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #26.
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1955 photo of two teenagers (students?) and a nun gathered around a library table in the school library.
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1955 photo of a teenager (student?) seated with a nun at a desk in an office.
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Students of Mount St. Mary's participate in a Christmas drive for the poor. Boxes and baskets of goods include canned food, clothing and toys. Some of the boxes are labeled for whom the gifts would be appropriate (e.g. adults, or children). A poster hangs in back listing special needs items...
Show moreStudents of Mount St. Mary's participate in a Christmas drive for the poor. Boxes and baskets of goods include canned food, clothing and toys. Some of the boxes are labeled for whom the gifts would be appropriate (e.g. adults, or children). A poster hangs in back listing special needs items wanted. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #2.
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1947 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students studying in the school library.
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1949 Mount St. Mary's Academy students gym class. Girls are in gym uniforms in formation in an outdoor field doing exercises.
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1947 photo of the students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assembled for a formal group photo. School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. They wear necklaces (religious medallions?) Poster says Let's Help, although the specific...
Show more1947 photo of the students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assembled for a formal group photo. School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. They wear necklaces (religious medallions?) Poster says Let's Help, although the specific concern is unclear here. Sodalities were parish organizations dedicated to personal piety and service to others. Photo #7.
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A group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1959, gather in front of the school for a formal class photo. Msgr. Charles Marcoux stands at the center of the group. Boys wear solid colored robes and are in the back rows. The girls are in white robes and are in the...
Show moreA group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1959, gather in front of the school for a formal class photo. Msgr. Charles Marcoux stands at the center of the group. Boys wear solid colored robes and are in the back rows. The girls are in white robes and are in the front. Photo #2. 8th grade graduates at Nazareth School (later called St Joseph School) at 20 Allen Street in Burlington. Closed 2010.
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1951 graduating class of Nazareth School in cap and gown. Engraved above the main entrance "Ecole Nazareth 1929" Priests are Rev. (Msgr.) Joseph Pariseau (wearing biretta) and Rev. William F. Laliberte. Photo #4.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1961, with Msgr. Charles Marcoux. In Fall of 1961, the school will be known as St. Joseph School instead of Ecole Nazareth or Nazareth School. The parish waited, apparently, for another St. Joseph School in Burlington to close before changing the name of its own school....
Show moreNazareth School, Class of 1961, with Msgr. Charles Marcoux. In Fall of 1961, the school will be known as St. Joseph School instead of Ecole Nazareth or Nazareth School. The parish waited, apparently, for another St. Joseph School in Burlington to close before changing the name of its own school. Photo #3.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1950 (as seen in the parish history published in 1988), with Rev. (Msgr.) Joseph Pariseau, pastor, and Rev. William F. Laliberte, curate. Engraved above the main entrance "Ecole Nazareth 1929." The school was renamed St. Joseph School in 1961, after another Burlington by...
Show moreNazareth School, Class of 1950 (as seen in the parish history published in 1988), with Rev. (Msgr.) Joseph Pariseau, pastor, and Rev. William F. Laliberte, curate. Engraved above the main entrance "Ecole Nazareth 1929." The school was renamed St. Joseph School in 1961, after another Burlington by the same name had closed, thereby ending any potential name confusion. Photo #2.
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