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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1960 group photo of members dressed in school uniforms of the Mount St. Mary's Academy softball team kneeling outside on the grass. Photo #22.
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1952 photo of members of Mount St. Mary's Academy tennis team on the court.
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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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1948 photo of students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assembled for a formal group photo. They wear necklaces (religious medallions?). School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Sodalities were lay organizations dedicated to...
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1947 photo of the Mt. St. Mary's Academy Sodality in a classroom, here demonstrating some of their activities-- spiritual reading and making signs to promote the benefits of praying the rosary. Sodalities gave lay Catholics the opportunity to increase their personal devotion and serve others;...
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1948 photo of students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assembled for a formal group photo. They wear necklaces (religious medallions?). School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Sodalities were lay organizations dedicated to...
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1947 photo of the Mt. St. Mary's Academy Sodality in a classroom, here displaying some of the signs they've made to promote the benefits of praying the rosary. Sodalities gave lay Catholics the opportunity to increase their personal devotion and serve others; hence, the sign: "Rosaries release...
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1946 photo of students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assembled for a formal group photo. Members are demonstrating their activities, such as placing flowers before sacred statues; reading from a sodality publication "The Queen's Work"; and creating...
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Two Sisters of Mercy of Mount St. Mary's convent. Dated 1946/1947
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1953 photo of theatrical production with a biblical theme at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Presented here is a scene where a mourner (John the Evangelist?) grieves at the base of the cross. Other actors portray persons said to be present at the crucifixion; also portrayed is Veronica holding cloth...
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1941 theatrical performance of a biblical theme on stage of Mount St. Mary's Academy. This may be the Lamentation with Mary, the mother of Jesus, grieving at the base of the cross. Other actors portray a Roman soldier, men and women in outfits during the time of the New Testament.
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1953 photo of theatrical production with a biblical theme at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Presented here is a scene where a mourner (John the Evangelist?) grieves at the base of the cross. Other actors portray persons said to be present at the crucifixion; also portrayed is Veronica holding cloth...
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1955 photo of a theatrical performance with a biblical theme. Presented here is the birth of the Baby Jesus.The entire cast of the play seems to be on stage for what may be a Christmas pageant. Photo #1.
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Cast photo of high school dramatic production on stage at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Photo #7. Madame Butterfly?
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1945 / 1946 Mount St. Mary's Academy graduation (graduates in cap and gown in forefront). Skit with Jesus in the Temple. Photo #3.
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1946 photo of twelve lovely young ladies in long gowns and spring bonnets gathered around a fellow actor in costume on stage of Mount St. Mary's Academy as a cast of a theatrical production. Stage scenery behind depicts a pastoral wooded area. Photo #2.
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Ballet dancers on stage at Mount St. Mary's Academy in 1961.
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Ballet dancers on stage at Mount St. Mary's Academy in 1961.