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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- Christ the King School, Burlington
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[1955?] photo of a woman kneeling in prayer near an altar in a chapel at Christ the King School or at Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont. Same labeled photo mcalA18F05i23 as Trinity College and mcalB12F19i02 labeled as Mount St. Mary's Academy (1955).
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- Christ the King School, Burlington
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[1955?] photo of a woman kneeling in prayer near an altar in a chapel at Christ the King School or at Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont. Same labeled photo mcalA18F05i23 as Trinity College and mcalB12F19i02 labeled as Mount St. Mary's Academy (1955).
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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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- Mount St. Mary's
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Nuns from the private Catholic girls' school Mount St. Mary's are seen on visitation of the sick (brochure picture). Circa 1954-1957.
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- Mount St. Mary's
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Exterior view of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, located at 100 Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
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- Mount St. Mary's
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- 1954
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1954 photo of Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's in Burlington.
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- Mount St. Mary's - Orchestra
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1953 members of Mount St. Mary's Academy orchestra. Photo #22.
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- Mount St. Mary's - Orchestra
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1954 members of Mount St. Mary's Academy orchestra. Photo #29.
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- Mount St. Mary's - Softball
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1952 photo of members of Mount St. Mary's Academy softball team on the field. Photo #6.
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- Mount St. Mary's - Softball
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1952 photo of members of Mount St. Mary's Academy softball team on the field.
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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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- Mount St. Mary's - Tennis
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1952 photo of members of Mount St. Mary's Academy tennis team on the court.
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- Mount St. Mary's - Tennis
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1952 photo of members of Mount St. Mary's Academy tennis team on the court. Photo #7.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Buildings and Surroundings
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1952 photo of wooded area with trees on the grounds of Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington, Vt.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Buildings and Surroundings
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1961 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy, a private Catholic school for girls, located in Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Buildings and Surroundings
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1935 or 1936. Mount St. Mary's Academy dining hall heavily decorated with crepe paper streamers attached to the ceiling. Tables are elaborately set with food with each having a cloth place mat draping the table covering and a place card for a Christmas meal. Columns are adorned with streamers and...
Show more1935 or 1936. Mount St. Mary's Academy dining hall heavily decorated with crepe paper streamers attached to the ceiling. Tables are elaborately set with food with each having a cloth place mat draping the table covering and a place card for a Christmas meal. Columns are adorned with streamers and evergreen bows. See also mcalA15F08i13 and mcalA11F19i07
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- Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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1956 or 1957 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled inside on the school's stage . Photo #17.
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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.