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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1956 Trinity College students and faculty member (Dorothy Hunt?) at the Steinway piano.
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1949 Trinity College students and members of a ski club or team, outside one of the residences on campus.
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1957 Trinity Colleges students (library workers?) gathered in the library.
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1949 Trinity College tennis and basketball players, assembled in the gym.
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1949 Tea party at Trinity College, with students and faculty attending.
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1957 Tea party at Trinity College, with students and faculty attending. Photo #3.
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1957 Trinity College students displaying ski equipment and trophies in the gymnasium as members of either a ski club or team or athletics in general at Trinity College. Photo #1.
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Mothers, infants, toddlers and young children with one very unhappy little girl seen at the far left. Photo #1.
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Mothers and their young children assembled for a group portrait on Childrens Day. Photo #2.
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A group of mothers, young children, infants and one man sit on the steps of Mann Hall of Trinity College. One toddler holds her own baby doll.
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Exterior view of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, located at 100 Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Undated. Earlier photo than mcalA14F01i07 taken in 1950s. No trees here. This new wing served as the first "home" of Trinity College, before it moved to a new building in 1939...
Show moreExterior view of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, located at 100 Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Undated. Earlier photo than mcalA14F01i07 taken in 1950s. No trees here. This new wing served as the first "home" of Trinity College, before it moved to a new building in 1939 (Mann Hall).
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A group of women assembled for a portrait.
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Show moreAdministration building (built 1939), later named Mann Hall (1972), Trinity College campus, Burlington, Vermont. Event seen here is a "Queen of the May" gathering, 1954. "This was the highlight of the [college] Sodality's annual festival in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary." Source: Stephen Roth, A History of Trinity College, 1925-1975, p. 34.
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McAuley Hall, constructed 1958. Building on the Trinity College campus, Burlington, Vermont. Founded in 1925 by the Sisters of Mercy of Vermont. Closed in 2000. Later purchased by the University of Vermont. Photo #4.
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Undated photo of Trinity College graduates in cap and gown are joined by other young women dressed in long gowns on the steps of Mann Hall on campus. A young woman in gown and veil stands center with a young girl and boy at either side of her. Banner to far right. Photo #4?
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McAuley Hall, constructed 1958. Building on the Trinity College campus, Burlington, Vermont. Founded in 1925 by the Sisters of Mercy of Vermont. Closed in 2000. Later purchased by the University of Vermont. Photo #7.
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Group portrait of Trinity College students on the steps of Mann Hall on campus in Burlington, Vermont. All are dressed in long gowns. A young boy is seen in front holding the train of a young woman's long cape.