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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- Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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1947 photo of a Cathedral Grammar School classroom with students seated at their desks studying. Photo #6. Cracked negative.
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- Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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1947 Cathedral Grammar School music class. Students stand in a very narrow classroom filled with desks. A nun stands behind them. Photo #8.
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- Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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1947 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students seated at their desks in their classroom. Photo #11.
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- Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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1947 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students seated at their desks in their classroom looking at a projection on the wall. Window shades have been pulled down to darken the room. Photo #9.
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- Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
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Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students sitting at classroom desks reading issues of the Junior Catholic Messenger. Photo #13.
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- First Congregational Church - Organizations
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Teacher Mr. Henry Paulus standing with several young boys, some dressed in their Junior Choir robes. Sunday School class located in Pilgrim House (demolished in 1960s). Photo #7.
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- First Congregational Church - Organizations
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Sunday School class with two teachers and a group of young children. Taken in house on Orchard Terrace, known as "The Pilgrim House", purchased by the First Congregational Church for Sunday School use. Demolished in the 1960s to make way for new addition to the church. Photo #13.
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- First Congregational Church - Organizations
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Sunday School class with two teachers and a group of young children. Taken in house on Orchard Terrace, known as "The Pilgrim House", purchased by the First Congregational Church for Sunday School use. Demolished in the 1960s to make way for new addition to the church. Photo #14.
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- First Congregational Church - Organizations
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Sunday School class in the dining hall of the First Congregational Church. Several dressed in their children's choir robes. Photo 8.
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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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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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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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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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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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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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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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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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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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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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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.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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1941 high school art class with some younger students in attendance at Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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1954 science class at Mount St. Mary's Academy with the girls studying human anatomy. Charts on the wall display the structure of the human eye and the digestive system. A nun stands nearby. Long bench student desks in foreground. Photo #20.
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1947 high school art class at Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt. Photo #12.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Classrooms
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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 #3.
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1947 chemistry class Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt. Photo #13.