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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1946 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students assembled on the steps of the stage. Photo #5.
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1949 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside beneath an arbor or trellis eating lunch. Photo #13.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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1957 photo of a young woman crowning the statue of the Virgin Mary. She is in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's Academy and is a participant in the religious ritual called May Crowning. Photo #4.
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1953 photo of a young woman placing a crown on the statue of the Virgin Mary with participants looking on. Part of the May Crowning religious ceremony in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's. Photo #2.
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1957 photo of a young woman crowning the statue of the Virgin Mary. She is in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's Academy and is a participant in the religious ritual called May Crowning. Photo #8.
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1949 / 1950 photo of a young woman placing a crown on the Virgin Mary statue in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's, Burlington, Vermont as part of the May Crowning religious ceremony. Photo #2.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
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1949 / 1950 photo of participants of the May Crowning religious ceremony in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's. Photo #3.
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1946 May Crowning ceremony in Mount St. Mary's Academy Sacred Heart Chapel. Young ladies dressed in long gowns and wearing veils line and process up the center aisle.
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1957 May Crowning participants in front of the crowned statue of the Virgin Mary in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's, Burlington.
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1957 May Crowning participants standing in front of the crowned statue of the Virgin Mary in the Sacred Heart Chapel of Mount St. Mary's in Burlington.
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1945 photo of young adults and children at Mount St. Mary's Academy posed for a group portrait. Photo #1.
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1947 photo of young women and children as participants in a May Crowning religious ceremony at Mount St. Mary's Academy with family present. Nuns can be seen standing on the balconies of the buildings in back. Photo #6.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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1961 photo of several Mount St. Mary's students and a nun gathered around a table with books and Vermont related material on display. Photo #13.
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1955 photo of two teenagers (students?) and a nun gathered around a library table in the school library.
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1954 photo of Mount St. Mary's students purchasing goods at what may be a student run store at the school.
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1954 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students engaged in leisure activities at school. Some are reading, others select phonograph records to play. Photo #16.
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1955 photo of a young girl student standing outside with a nun and another woman.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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1955 Mount St. Mary's Academy students ice skating near the school (located at 100 Mansfield Ave.) in Burlington, Vt. In the background the Robert Hull Fleming Museum can be seen along with the newly built Mary Fletcher Hospital (large building at far left).
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
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1941 photo of a large open room at Mount St. Mary's Academy with students enjoying refreshments. Photo #17.
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1961 photo of several Mount St. Mary's students and a nun gathered around a table with books and Vermont related material on display. Photo #14.