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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- Burlington Business College
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Classroom setting with students of the Burlington Business College working at electric calculating machines in a bookkeeping class. A mimeograph machine is seen in the back. Dated 1954.
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- Burlington Business College
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Classroom setting with male and female students of the Burlington Business College sitting at double wooden desks. Photo #2.
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- Burlington Business College
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Classroom setting with both male and female students of the Burlington Business College in typing class,1942. Posters on the wall show the Underwood and Royal brand of typewriters.
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- Burlington Business College
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December 1946. Classroom setting with women students of the Burlington Business College sitting at individual wooden desks. Instructor stands at the back holding a book. Photo #5.
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- Burlington Business College
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1942 Burlington Business College women look to be putting on a skit in front of an audience. One woman holds a Shirley Temple like doll, another ice skates, a third holds a doll as if it were a baby. Christmas trees seen to the right.
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- Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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1946/1947 Some men and women relax on a dock by the shore while at Camp Birchcliffe, Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #4.
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- Camp MacArthur (Waitsfield, VT)
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Undated Participants of the MacArthur Summer Theater Workshop handle scenery on a truck.
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- Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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Teens strike a pose on the porch of the grand building on the grounds of Camp Marycrest located in Grand Isle, Vermont. Operated by the Sisters of Mercy from 1957 to 1993. Photo may be taken in the 1950s or 1960s. The girls seem to be doing a traditional folk dance. Photo #13.
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- Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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A group session seems to be progress on the porch of the grand building at Camp Marycrest (1957-1993) located in Grand Isle, Vermont. Some of the older girl campers participate in a discussion and a few raise their hands. Maybe taken in the 1950s.
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- Camp Marycrest (Grand Isle, VT)
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Staff of Camp Marycrest and nuns of the Sisters of Mercy, who run the camp, sit on the steps of the grand building on the camp grounds. One girl in the back row wears a sweat shirt with the University of Vermont. Photo #13.
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- Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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Cathedral High School majorettes posing on bleachers. Photograph is dated 1957.
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- Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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Cathedral High School majorettes posing on bleachers. Photograph is dated 1958.
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- Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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A Cathedral High School majorette posing on steps before an American flag. Photograph is dated 1956.
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- Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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Cathedral High School majorettes posing on steps before an American flag. Photograph is dated 1956.
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- Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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Another shot this group of Cathedral High School majorettes posing in formation on bleachers. Photograph is dated April 1945. Photo #30.
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- Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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Cathedral High School majorettes posing in formation on bleachers. Photograph is dated April 1945. Photo #31.
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- Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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A Cathedral High School majorette posing on bleachers. Photograph is dated 1957.
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- Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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Cathedral High School majorettes posing in formation on the the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Photograph is dated 1946.
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- Christ the King School - Confirmation
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Young men and women from the Christ the King Parish posing with Christ the King Church clergy in a photograph commemorating their receiving the Catholic sacrament of confirmation. Photograph is dated 1951. Photo #1.
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- Christ the King School - Confirmation
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Young men and women from the Christ the King Parish posing with Rev. Charles A Towne in a photograph commemorating their receiving the Catholic sacrament of confirmation. Photograph is dated 1949. Photo #3.