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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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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Uniformed (Catholic?) high school girls eat a meal at small cafeteria type lunch tables. High curtained windows are seen as well as a hard wood floor.
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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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A high school art class is in progress. Uniformed (Catholic?) female students shown working on their paintings; some are at their easels, others sit at a long wooden table. Their instructor looks on. Two paintings have a religious theme; one is a Madonna and Child and another is of the Last Supper.
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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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Two uniformed students of Mount St Mary's Academy (a school for girls located in Burlington, Vermont) gather at the piano in one of the school's large rooms. The plaid curtains and checkered linoleum floor are seen in other photos taken at the school.
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- Portraits, groups, unidentified
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Three young people dressed as the Three Wisemen (Magi) present their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the Christ Child in what appears to be a Christmas pageant at Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington. A manger scene hangs behind the altar which has been set up on the stage with the...
Show moreThree young people dressed as the Three Wisemen (Magi) present their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the Christ Child in what appears to be a Christmas pageant at Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington. A manger scene hangs behind the altar which has been set up on the stage with the tabernacle. Photo #1. See also mcalA15F09i08, mcalB13F08i02
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph Rice, Bishop of Burlington, and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington, Vermont. The school, seen in its entirety here, is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington, Vermont. The school, seen in its entirety here, is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Bishop Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington (1910-1938), and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington)
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Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Rev. Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington, and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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- Richmond High School
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Seventeen Richmond High School graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of the school with faculty member, Eugene Clowse (1883-1955). Clowse was Supervising Principal from 1930 to 1954. Undated. Photo #1. -- The right half of the building, including the entrance, was built in 1907 as...
Show moreSeventeen Richmond High School graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of the school with faculty member, Eugene Clowse (1883-1955). Clowse was Supervising Principal from 1930 to 1954. Undated. Photo #1. -- The right half of the building, including the entrance, was built in 1907 as an annex to an older wooden structure, which was later removed. The left side was built in 1914. The high school then served as the elementary school when Mount Mansfield Union High High School opened in 1967. Today, the town uses it for office space and rents part of it.
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- Richmond High School
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Seventeen Richmond High School graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of the school with faculty member, Eugene Clowse (1883-1955). Clowse was Supervising Principal from 1930 to 1954. Undated. Photo #2.
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- Richmond High School
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- 1949
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1949 Twelve Richmond High School graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of the school with faculty member, Eugene Clowse (1883-1955). Clowse was Supervising Principal from 1930 to 1954. Fellow students lean out the windows to watch to photo shoot. Photo #2.
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- Richmond High School
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Twelve Richmond High School graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of the school with faculty member, Eugene Clowse (1883-1955). Clowse was Supervising Principal from 1930 to 1954. Undated but probably 1949. Photo #1?
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- School Groups - Unidentified
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- 1945-1946
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Ca. 1945 photo of a large group of high school students, assembled outside the school for a class portrait perhaps. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #6?
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- School Groups - Unidentified
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- 1945-1946
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Ca. 1945 photo of 8 students assembled outside their school for a portrait. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #13.
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- School Groups - Unidentified
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- 1945-1946
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Ca. 1945 photo of a group of high school students assembled outside their school for a portrait. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #4.
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- School Groups - Unidentified
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- 1945-1946
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Ca. 1945 photo of a group of high school students and perhaps some teachers assembled outside their school for a portrait. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #7.
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- School Groups - Unidentified
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- 1945-1946
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Ca. 1945 photo of 4 students, perhaps class officers, standing outside their school for a portrait. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #10.