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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- Burlington High School Chorus
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Photograph taken at Burlington High School (Edmunds building) of a large high school (All-State?) chorus from a folder dated 1954-1956. Photo #3.
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- Burlington High School Chorus
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Photograph from a folder dated 1954-1956 of male members of the Burlington High School chorus. Photo #7.
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- Burlington High School Chorus
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Photograph of the Burlington High School chorus (mixed) from a folder dated 1954-1956. Photo #9.
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- Church Groups - Unidentified
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1951 photo of a church choir and two people in the role of religious figures Joseph and Mary at Christmas. Ornate organ pipes seen to the far right. Photo #2?
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- Church Groups - Unidentified
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1951 photo of a church choir at Christmas time. Ornate organ pipes seen to the far right. Photo #3.
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- Church Groups - Unidentified
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1951 photo of a church choir at Christmas time. Ornate organ pipes seen to the far right. Photo #4.
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- Church Groups - Unidentified
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1951 photo of a church choir and two people in the role of religious figures Joseph and Mary at Christmas. Ornate organ pipes seen to the far right. Photo #1.
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- Congregational Church - Choirs
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Winter Undated photo of an adult choir of 15 women and 12 men on the altar of the First Congregational Church. Fran Howe, front row, left. Photo #26.
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- Congregational Church - Choirs
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Undated photo of the choir, dressed in choir robes, assembled at the front of the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church. Photo #27.
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- Congregational Church - Choirs
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Undated photo of an adult choir assembled in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church. Photo may have been taken on Palm Sunday (note palm branches on altar). Photo #5.
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- Congregational Church - Choirs
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Undated photo of a youth choir of the First Congregational Church. Dressed in choir robes and assembled in one of the many rooms at First Church, the group is mostly girls with the typical short supply of boys (7-to-1 ratio), who nevertheless convey a good deal of enthusiasm. Photo #15.
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- Congregational Church - Choirs
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Undated photo of an adult choir assembled in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church. Photo may have been taken on Palm Sunday (note palm branches on altar). Photo #6. Darker exposure similar to mcalB08F20i04.
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- Congregational Church - Choirs - Childrens
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1948/1949 Children's Choir. Tulips seen in back. May be Easter.
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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 of the First Congregational Church. Several youth are dressed in choir robes. Man standing in the back is John Patterson. Photo 10.
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- First Methodist Church
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Group portrait of the Children's choir in their robes in the First United Methodist Church, So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Photo #2?
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- Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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Students of Mount St Mary's Marian Trio, a choral group. The school was a private Catholic girls' school located in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Ca. 23 women in the Sisters of Mercy community at Mount St. Mary's Sacred Heart Chapel : sisters (black veils), novices (white veils), and postulants (black tulle veils) in prayer in the choir of the chapel. Good example of Pre-Vatican II sanctuary, with the railing (where Communion is received);...
Show moreCa. 23 women in the Sisters of Mercy community at Mount St. Mary's Sacred Heart Chapel : sisters (black veils), novices (white veils), and postulants (black tulle veils) in prayer in the choir of the chapel. Good example of Pre-Vatican II sanctuary, with the railing (where Communion is received); the altar built into the back wall of the sanctuary, requiring the priest to turn his back to the people; and the tabernacle placed centrally on the altar. Dated 1955.
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- Musical Ensembles
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Combined choral and orchestra groups assembled on and in front of stage. Location Edmunds High School building auditorum, Burlington, Vermont. Undated. Event may be All State.
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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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Children's church choir. Unidentified and undated. Photo #1.