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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Children with church clergy are assembled inside for a formal group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #3. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA09F05i22, 23 and 33.
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Children with church clergy are assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #2. Undated. 1950s?
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- Mater Christi School (?) - First Communion (taken at Mt. St. Mary's)
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1956 or 1957 photo of First communion for children. Taken at Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington which is next to Mater Christi School.
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- Mater Christi School (?) - First Communion (taken at Mt. St. Mary's)
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1957 photo of children at their First Communion taken at Mt. St. Mary's Academy in Burlington (which is next door to Mater Christi School)
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- Nazareth School
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Print from a heavily damaged negative of First Communion at Nazareth School, Burlington. Dated 1949 / 1950. Photo #3.
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- Nazareth School
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Print from a damaged negative of First Communion at Nazareth School, Burlington. Dated 1949 / 1950. Photo #2.
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Undated portrait photo of a young girl standing in a living room. She wears her First Communion dress. Photo #1.
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- Portraits - Children
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1959 portrait photo of a young girl standing in a living room in her First Communion dress. Student of South Burlington Central School?
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- Portraits - Children
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Undated portrait photo of a young girl standing in a living room. She wears her First Communion dress. Photo #1.Same girl as in mcalB14F11i02
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1945 photo of a photo pinned to a surface. It shows a young girl in her First Communion dress, veil and rosary.
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Undated portrait photo of a young girl wearing her First Communion dress. She stands next to a glass top table with vase of flowers.
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Undated portrait photo of a young girl wearing her First Communion dress. She is standing in a living room. Same girl as in mcalB14F11i02
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A young girl dressed for her First Communion.
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A young girl dressed for her first communion seen here in what may be a private home.
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- Portraits, children, unidentified
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Large group of young children perhaps assembled for First Communion. Location is Mount St. Mary's Academy on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont.
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First communion? A large group of school children stand in three rows dressed for a special occasion. Location is Mount St Mary's stage. School was on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.