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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1947 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students seated at their desks in their classroom. Photo #11.
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1947 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students seated at their desks in their classroom looking at a projection on the wall. Window shades have been pulled down to darken the room. Photo #9.
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Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students sitting at classroom desks reading issues of the Junior Catholic Messenger. Photo #13.
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1947 Cathedral Grammar School library. Photo #2.
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Cathedral Grammar School students gather outside on the front steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont for a class photo. Photo #8.
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- Cathedral High School
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1946 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #14.
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- Cathedral High School
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1947 photo of a large number of female students of varying ages gathered in a room; some seated in folding chairs at long narrow wooden tables accompanied by a priest.
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Summer-Spring 1948-1949 photo of Cathedral High School students gathered on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #4.
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Summer-Spring 1948-1949 photo of Cathedral High School students gathered on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #2.
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1947 photo of a large number of female students of varying ages gathered in a room; some seated in folding chairs at long narrow wooden tables accompanied by a priest. Photo #2.
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Summer-Spring 1948-1949 photo of Cathedral High School students with a priest and a nun gathered on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #6.
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Summer-Spring 1948-1949 photo of Cathedral High School students with one nun standing in the back. They are gathered on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #3.
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Summer-Spring 1948-1949 photo of Cathedral High School students gathered on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #1.
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a second shot of students and teachers from Christ the King School posing in the cafeteria after breakfast. Note the dog at the bottom of the picture Photograph is undated. Original caption reads: Spring, Summer.
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Students and teachers from Christ the King School posing in the cafeteria after breakfast. Note the dog at the bottom of the picture Photograph is undated. Original caption reads: Spring, Summer.
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Photograph of a luncheon at Christ the King School. Photograph is undated.