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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- St. Ambrose Church - Bristol, VT
- Date Created
- 1945
- Description
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1945 photo of St. Ambrose Church in Bristol, built in 1877. The rectory was built in the early 1890s when the parish received its first pastor, Rev. Michael Carmody. Both buildings were renovated in the early 1950s during the pastorate of Rev. Leo L'Ecuyer.
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- St. Anthony's Church and School
- Date Created
- 1949-1950
- Description
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1949 / 1950 overexposed image of a large group of boys assembled in front of St. Anthony Church. Seven priests are present. Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor, is probably 3rd from right, but the others are difficult to identify. Occasion is unknown.
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- St. Anthony's Church and School
- Date Created
- 1949
- Description
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1949 students of St. Anthony School with Rev. Edmund Marion (right), pastor since 1940, and Rev. Arthur Hamel. The occasion must be the sacrament of Confirmation, since the students appear to be at that age. The church is on the left; the parish rectory, on the right; and the school is behind the...
Show more1949 students of St. Anthony School with Rev. Edmund Marion (right), pastor since 1940, and Rev. Arthur Hamel. The occasion must be the sacrament of Confirmation, since the students appear to be at that age. The church is on the left; the parish rectory, on the right; and the school is behind the church. The church cornerstone is dated 1902, and the rectory was built the same year.
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- Title
- St. Anthony's Church and School
- Date Created
- 1951
- Description
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1951 Graduation Day at St. Anthony School, with Revs. Bernard G. Couture (left) and Edmund Marion, pastor. Church is on the left; the parish rectory, right; and the school (with extra window lattices...or something), in the rear. St. Anthony School closed in 1971. Photo #3.
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- St. Anthony's Church and School
- Date Created
- 1949
- Description
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1949 blurry image of St. Anthony students assembled for a photograph with the pastor Rev. Edmund Marion and Rev. Arthur Hamel. The occasion is probably Confirmation. (Saddle shoes are obviously part of the school uniform!)
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- St. Anthony's Church and School
- Date Created
- 1951
- Description
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Graduation Day at St. Anthony School, with Revs. Bernard G. Couture (left) and Edmund Marion, pastor. Church is on the left; the parish rectory, right; and the school (with extra window lattices...or something), in the rear. St. Anthony School closed in 1971.
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- St. Anthony's Church and School
- Date Created
- 1953
- Description
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Graduation Day at St. Anthony's parish. Revs. Bernard Couture and Edmund Marion, pastor, are in the second row. Background building is possibly the school but may be another parish building. A parish hall was built in 1953 to celebrate the parish's 50th anniversary.
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- St. Anthony's School Burlington - Groups
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An assembly of St. Anthony's School students at graduation time. Caps, gowns, and diplomas in hand. The priest is Rev. Walter F. Charland, who, according to the Burlington Directory, served the parish from ca. 1956-1962. The site could be the main altar of the church on Flynn Ave. (Same group as...
Show moreAn assembly of St. Anthony's School students at graduation time. Caps, gowns, and diplomas in hand. The priest is Rev. Walter F. Charland, who, according to the Burlington Directory, served the parish from ca. 1956-1962. The site could be the main altar of the church on Flynn Ave. (Same group as that in mcalA16F10i01, but 3 students in this photo are wearing their glasses.) Photo #1.
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- St. John Vianney Church
- Date Created
- 1948-1949
- Description
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First communion class outside on the steps of St. John Vianney Church in So. Burlington, Vt. with a nun and Reverend Bernard R. Spears. Dated 1948-1949.
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- St. John Vianney Church
- Date Created
- 1949
- Description
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First communion class outside on the steps of St. John Vianney Church in So. Burlington, Vt. with a nun and Reverend Bernard R. Spears. Dated 1949.
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- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1951-1952
- Description
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1951 / 1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Store, Burlington, Vt., before the construction of Irving's (ladies' ready-to-wear clothing store), which would later occupy the vacant lot at 19-21 Church St. To the left is People's Department Store. The Cathedral of the Immaculate...
Show more1951 / 1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Store, Burlington, Vt., before the construction of Irving's (ladies' ready-to-wear clothing store), which would later occupy the vacant lot at 19-21 Church St. To the left is People's Department Store. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception can be seen in the distance.
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- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1952
- Description
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1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Three quarter view of the Singer Sewing machine store, with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the background. Next to Singer is boarded up vacant lot, site of future Irving's.
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- Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
- Description
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Corner of a chapel with a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with drapery in the background and flowers. Banister pattern matches the one seen in mcalA18F05i23, so perhaps this is a corner in the same chapel.
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- Trinity College, Burlington
- Description
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McAuley Hall, constructed 1958. Building on the Trinity College campus, Burlington, Vermont. Founded in 1925 by the Sisters of Mercy of Vermont. Closed in 2000. Later purchased by the University of Vermont. A good view of the chapel's stained glass windows, which were removed when the college...
Show moreMcAuley Hall, constructed 1958. Building on the Trinity College campus, Burlington, Vermont. Founded in 1925 by the Sisters of Mercy of Vermont. Closed in 2000. Later purchased by the University of Vermont. A good view of the chapel's stained glass windows, which were removed when the college closed. Building also partially shelters the loop driveway. Photo #2.
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- Unitarian Church
- Description
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Lit evergreen Christmas tree at night located on the front lawn of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at the head of Church Street (Church Street Marketplace)in Burlington, Vermont.
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- Unitarian Church
- Description
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First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, Vermont at the head of Church Street (Church Street Marketplace) at 152 Pearl Street. Seen here with wooden scaffolding surrounding the steeple. Date unknown but may be circa 1955 or 1956 when lightening struck the steeple.
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- Unitarian Church
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First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, Vermont at the head of Church Street (Church Street Marketplace) at 152 Pearl Street. Seen here with wooden scaffolding surrounding the steeple. Date unknown but may be circa 1955 or 1956 when lightening struck the steeple.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
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1947 photo of a large warehouse near the train tracks at the Vermont Structural Steel Flynn Ave. location. St. Anthony's Church can be seen in the distance.
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- Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club : Squirrel Club
- Description
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1947 or 1948 photo of ladies on a parade float (made from a flatbed truck) with sign "Queen Isabella". Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club Squirrel Club. Location outside of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at 152 Pearl Street (head of Church Street Marketplace), Burlington,...
Show more1947 or 1948 photo of ladies on a parade float (made from a flatbed truck) with sign "Queen Isabella". Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club Squirrel Club. Location outside of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at 152 Pearl Street (head of Church Street Marketplace), Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
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- Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club : Squirrel Club
- Description
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1947 or 1948 photo of a parade float (made from a flatbed truck) with members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club Squirrel Club. Location outside of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at 152 Pearl Street (head of Church Street Marketplace), Burlington, Vt.