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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1947 photo taken very likely at St. Joseph School (then, Ecole Nazareth). The group of students, all dressed very formally, may be a graduating class or a Confirmation class. Rev. William F. Laliberte, at St. Joseph's 1943-1951, sits in the middle of the front row.
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Another view of the group in mcalB17F15i02. 1950 photo showing mostly students of the 8th grade graduating class at St. Joseph school. Seated at the end of the tables in the foreground are 2 Daughters of the Holy Ghost, members of a Catholic order that, since 1943, provided instruction and...
Show moreAnother view of the group in mcalB17F15i02. 1950 photo showing mostly students of the 8th grade graduating class at St. Joseph school. Seated at the end of the tables in the foreground are 2 Daughters of the Holy Ghost, members of a Catholic order that, since 1943, provided instruction and administration at St. Joseph School.
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- Date Created
- 1949
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1949 photo of a dinner at St. Joseph School in honor of the graduating Class of 1949. Seated at the end of the tables in the foreground are 2 Daughters of the Holy Ghost, members of a Catholic order that, since 1943, provided instruction and administration at St. Joseph School.
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- Date Created
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Ca. 1948 photo of the St. Stephen's parish basketball team and their coaches. Location of the gym unknown.
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- Date Created
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Ca. 1948 photo of the St. Stephen's parish basketball team and their coaches. Location of the gym unknown.
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- Date Created
- 1945
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- Date Created
- 1945
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1945 photo of a group of school children and one or two teachers. Identity of persons, location, occasion unknown.
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- School Groups - Unidentified
- Date Created
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- South Burlington Central School
- Date Created
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- Description
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- South Burlington Central School
- Date Created
- 1959
- Description
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1959 South Burlington Central School group at popular location with knotty pine wall paneling. Photo #1.
- Title
- South Burlington Central School
- Date Created
- 1959
- Description
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1959 South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Forward ever...") seen in the back. Photo #1.
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- South Burlington Central School
- Date Created
- 1959
- Description
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1959 South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Forward ever...") seen in the back. Photo #2. See also mcalA17F06i07 for another exposure.
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- South Burlington Central School
- Date Created
- undated
- Description
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South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Strive for ...") seen in the back. Undated. Image heavily spotted.
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- South Burlington Central School
- Date Created
- undated
- Description
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South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Strive for...") seen in the back. Photo #2. Undated. Image heavily spotted.
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- Date Created
- 1959
- Description
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1959 South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Forward ever...") seen in the back. Photo #3.
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- South Burlington Central School
- Date Created
- 1959
- Description
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1959 South Burlington Central School group at popular location with knotty pine wall paneling. Photo #3.