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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Group of young men and women with an older man, perhaps their choir director.
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Two uniformed students of Mount St Mary's Academy (a school for girls located in Burlington, Vermont) gather at the piano in one of the school's large rooms. The plaid curtains and checkered linoleum floor are seen in other photos taken at the school.
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Photo of a choir rehearsing. They are dressed in choir robes and sit in wooden folding chairs in a room with a picture of Christ on the back wall. Photo #10.
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A group of young women and one young girl pose for a portrait in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's, Burlington, Vermont as participants in a religious ceremony. The religious statue of the Virgin Mary is seen in the background with a crown and surrounded by gladiola and carnation...
Show moreA group of young women and one young girl pose for a portrait in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's, Burlington, Vermont as participants in a religious ceremony. The religious statue of the Virgin Mary is seen in the background with a crown and surrounded by gladiola and carnation flowers. See also mcalA14F15i05
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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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Six male and five female graduates are assembled outside for a group graduation photo. They wear cap and grown with the tassel on the left side. They do not hold any diplomas.
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Graduates (men and women) assembled near a stage for a group portrait. All wear graduation cap and gown with the tassels on the right side. They all hold diplomas. The girls also each hold a bouquet of flowers and the boys each wear a corsage.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy school chorus. Back row, 6th in from the left possibly Therese Tessier (later Kneen), a student at Mount St Mary's in 1961 (also member of the Cheering Squad). Photo #20.
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Sixteen male and female graduates pose for a group portrait outside. All wear cap and gown with their tassels on the left side. They do not hold their diplomas.
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Five uniformed (Catholic?) girls pose for a portrait with five young men dressed in suit and tie. See also mcalA15F07i29
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Portrait of a young woman with long brown hair seated in a wooden straight back chair playing a violin.
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- Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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A young woman with extremely long hair is garbed in a draped and veiled outfit. She stands on the steps outside of Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington, Vermont. She holds a tall vase. Two potted plants are on either side of her. Early part of the 20th century.
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A young woman dressed in a long gown sits at a piano.
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Formal photo portrait of a young woman with short dark hair and eyeglasses.
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Photo of a young girl in short hair and eyeglasses wearing a solid light color jacket. Same girl as seen in mcalA16F01i22
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This is a very dark printing of a photo a young woman playing the piano. This looks to be a double exposure or print as the woman is also seen looking up in the lower half of the image.
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- Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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- 1959
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Large group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym for a group photo. (Dress code for the girls apparently stricter than that for the boys.)
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- Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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- 1959
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Large co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym for a group photo.
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- Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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- 1959
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Large co-ed group of students at Rice Memorial High School seated in the gym for a group photo.
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- Rice Memorial High School - Groups
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- 1959
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Large group of Rice Memorial High School students, in uniform, seated in the gym for a group photo.