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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- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Religion Classes
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1952 portrait photo of a Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception religion class. Photo #6?
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- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Religion Classes
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1956/1957 portrait photo of students of a Cathechism religion class outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Photo #8?
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- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Religion Classes
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1956/1957 portrait photo of students of a Cathechism religion class outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Photo #9.
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- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Religion Classes
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Undated portrait photo of students of a Cathechism religion class outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Photo #2.
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- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Religion Classes
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1956/1957 portrait photo of students of a Cathechism religion class outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Photo #4.
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- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Religion Classes
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Undated portrait photo of students of a Cathechism religion class outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Photo #5.
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- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Religion Classes
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1952 portrait photo of a large group of students of a Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception religion class. Photo #4.
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- Church Groups - Unidentified
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1951 photo of a church choir and two people in the role of religious figures Joseph and Mary at Christmas. Ornate organ pipes seen to the far right. Photo #2?
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- Church Groups - Unidentified
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1951 photo of a church choir at Christmas time. Ornate organ pipes seen to the far right. Photo #3.
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- Church Groups - Unidentified
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1951 photo of a church choir at Christmas time. Ornate organ pipes seen to the far right. Photo #4.
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- Church Groups - Unidentified
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1951 photo of a church choir and two people in the role of religious figures Joseph and Mary at Christmas. Ornate organ pipes seen to the far right. Photo #1.
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- Churches, Identified
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All Saints Chapel. St. Paul's Parish. Burlington. Located on South Willard Street. Undated photo. Current site of the Greek Orthodox Church Dormition of the Mother of God at 600 South Willard.
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- Churches, Identified
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Interior photo of sanctuary of St. Stephen's Church, Winooski, Barlow and Platt Streets. Undated.
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- Churches, Identified
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Slate roof being removed from St. Francis De Salles Church. Winooski, VT. By the A.C. Hathorn Co. Roofing Contractors - Burlington, VT. And being recovered with Anaconder Sheet Copper. Undated.
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- Churches, Identified
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Interior photo of St. Joseph Orphanage Chapel before it was remodeled in 1967.
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- Churches, Identified
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Tearing down of the Church of the Nazarene, Burlington, Vermont at the corner of Pearl Street and No. Winooski Avenue. Gulf gas service station to be built here. Undated. 1950s? Built by the break away group from the First Baptist Church known as the Bereans.
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- Churches, Identified
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Christian Science Church, located 420 South Union Street, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Churches, Identified
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Christian Science Church located in Burlington, Vermont.
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- Churches, Unidentified
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Photo of a large creche or nativity scene in St. Stephen's Church, Winooski located on Barlow and Platt Streets. Undated.
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- Congregational Church - Choirs
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Winter Undated photo of an adult choir of 15 women and 12 men on the altar of the First Congregational Church. Fran Howe, front row, left. Photo #26.