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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Print from a heavily damaged negative of First Communion at Nazareth School, Burlington. Dated 1949 / 1950. Photo #3.
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1951 photo of Nazareth School in Burlington located at 20 Allen Street. "Ecole Nazareth" appears over the main entrance, with the year 1929, the year the present structure was built to replace the 1869 building on the same site. Architectural style is called "Collegiate Gothic" (Blow et al.,...
Show more1951 photo of Nazareth School in Burlington located at 20 Allen Street. "Ecole Nazareth" appears over the main entrance, with the year 1929, the year the present structure was built to replace the 1869 building on the same site. Architectural style is called "Collegiate Gothic" (Blow et al., Historic Guide, p.196). Later became St. Joseph Parish School. Closed 2010.
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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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1952 photo of the Nazareth School boys' basketball team and their coach. "Ecole Nazareth," later to become St. Joseph's School, is located in Burlington at 20 Allen Street. Photo #1.
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1952 photo of the Nazareth School boys' basketball team and their coach. "Ecole Nazareth," later to become St. Joseph's School, is located in Burlington at 20 Allen Street. Photo #2.
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1945 photo of Nazareth School in Burlington located at 20 Allen Street. "Ecole Nazareth" appears over the main entrance, with the year 1929, when the present structure replaced the 1869 building on the same site. Architectural style is called "Collegiate Gothic" (Blow et al., Historic Guide, p...
Show more1945 photo of Nazareth School in Burlington located at 20 Allen Street. "Ecole Nazareth" appears over the main entrance, with the year 1929, when the present structure replaced the 1869 building on the same site. Architectural style is called "Collegiate Gothic" (Blow et al., Historic Guide, p.196). Later became St. Joseph Parish School. Closed 2010.
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A group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1959, gather in front of the school for a formal class photo. Msgr. Charles Marcoux stands at the center of the group. Boys wear solid colored robes and are in the back rows. The girls are in white robes and are in the...
Show moreA group of graduates, identified in St. Joseph parish history as Class of 1959, gather in front of the school for a formal class photo. Msgr. Charles Marcoux stands at the center of the group. Boys wear solid colored robes and are in the back rows. The girls are in white robes and are in the front. Photo #2. 8th grade graduates at Nazareth School (later called St Joseph School) at 20 Allen Street in Burlington. Closed 2010.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1952 (as written in the lower left corner), with Msgr. Joseph Pariseau, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, 1933-1956. Photo #1.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1960, as identified in the St. Joseph parish history. Rev. Charles Marcoux (pastor, 1956-1970) is in the center, wearing perhaps his own graduation gown. Photo #2.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1952 (as written in the lower left corner), with Msgr. Joseph Pariseau, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, 1933-1956. Photo #2.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1953 (according to the parish history published in 1988), with Msgr. Joseph Pariseau, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, 1933-1956.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1958 (according to the parish history published in 1988) with Msgr. Charles Marcoux.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1953 (as written in the lower left corner), with Msgr. Joseph Pariseau, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, 1933-1956.
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Nazareth School Class of 1957, with Rev. Charles Marcoux standing in the center. These 8th graders would go on to Cathedral High School or Mt. St. Mary's (girls only) if they wished to continue Catholic education in Burlington.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1956, with Rev. (Msgr.) Charles Marcoux. 1956 was the first year of Msgr. Marcoux's pastorate (1956-1970) at St. Joseph Parish.
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1949 photo of Nazareth School graduates in cap and gown assembled in front of the school. Engraved above the main entrance "Ecole Nazareth 1929." Clergy present are Rev. Joseph Pariseau (pastor, 1933-1956) and Rev. William F. LaLiberte (curate, 1943-1951). Photo #3.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1952 (as written in the lower left corner), with Msgr. Joseph Pariseau, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, 1933-1956. Photo #3.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1958, with Rev. (Msgr.) Charles Marcoux, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, 1956-1970.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1958 (according to the parish history published in 1988) with Msgr. Charles Marcoux.
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Nazareth School, Class of 1958 (according to the parish history published in 1988) with Msgr. Charles Marcoux.