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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1959 portrait photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy graduates. Photo #1.
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1941 Mount St. Mary's Academy Graduates. Photo #6?
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1961 graduating class at Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt. in graduation robes outside on the steps of the school. Photo #29.
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1954 Mount St. Mary's Academy graduates.
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1946 Mount St. Mary's Academy Graduates. Photo #1.
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1961 graduating class at Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vt. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) middle row far right. Photo #2.
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1958 portrait photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy graduates. Photo #31.
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1947 group portrait Mount St. Mary's Academy students assembled in a room with large religious paintings on the wall behind them. Photo #20.
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1960 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside on the steps of the school. Photo #3.
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1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #17.
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1953 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #5.
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1949 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside. Photo #17.
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1946 photo of six Mount St. Mary's Academy students wearing veils and kneeling on prayer kneelers gathered in a small chapel.
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1953 group portrait photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. They wear special necklaces with religious pendent or medallion. Photo #11. Sodality Council?
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1961 photo Cheering Squad of Mount St. Mary's assembled on the front steps. Top row left to right is Georgiana Girard, Rose Ryan, Mary Tessier, Kathleen Donohue, ?. Front row left to right Lynne Basiliere, Joann Le Blanc, Therese Tessier, (Captain [later Terrie Kneen), Marion Brown, Claudette...
Show more1961 photo Cheering Squad of Mount St. Mary's assembled on the front steps. Top row left to right is Georgiana Girard, Rose Ryan, Mary Tessier, Kathleen Donohue, ?. Front row left to right Lynne Basiliere, Joann Le Blanc, Therese Tessier, (Captain [later Terrie Kneen), Marion Brown, Claudette Doucette, Sue Hergenrother. Photo #23.
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1948 portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students assembled outside beside the school entrance. Photo #26.
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1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #10.
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1956 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students as chorus members gathered in a circular formation in a stairwell.
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1954 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #23
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1948 portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students assembled inside the school with religious statue of Mary and Christ Child. They were the initials "SA" on their sleeves. Photo #15.