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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Photo #10 (undated but may be 1950s or 1960s) of Camp Marycrest staff, nuns and priest as they sit for a group portrait on the camp grounds in Grand Isle, Vermont. The camp was run by the Sisters of Mercy, a Catholic Order (1957-1993).
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Undated portrait photo no. 3 of nine nuns, a priest and young women standing and seated near the steps of the main building at Camp Marycrest in Grand Isle, Vermont. The girls' camp was run by the Sisters of Mercy, a Catholic Order and operated from 1957 to 1993. May date from the 1950s or 1960s.
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Summer 1948 group photo of Marycrest staff, nuns, priest.
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1948 group photo of Marycrest staff, nuns and priest. Photo #30.
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- Camp Marycrest - Staff
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Undated group photo of Camp Marycrest staff, nuns and priest on the steps of the main building. Photo #3.
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1948 photo of Camp Marycrest staff that include nuns, and a priest.
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- Cathedral High School
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1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
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- Cathedral High School
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1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
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- Cathedral High School
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1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
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- Cathedral High School
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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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- Cathedral High School
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1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
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Sisters of Mercy, seated in two rows on school stage, with Fr. Raymond A. Adams, principal of Cathedral High School. This photo dates probably from the mid- to late 1950s. Fr. Adams was there either because he was their principal (i.e. the sisters were teachers) or because he served as chaplain...
Show moreSisters of Mercy, seated in two rows on school stage, with Fr. Raymond A. Adams, principal of Cathedral High School. This photo dates probably from the mid- to late 1950s. Fr. Adams was there either because he was their principal (i.e. the sisters were teachers) or because he served as chaplain at Mount St. Mary's.
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- 1949
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1949 photo of a class dinner for the St. Joseph School Class of '49, with Rt. Rev. Joseph E. Pariseau sitting at the head table, along with students (top 2 boys and girls?) and perhaps teachers, and a sister in the Daughters of the Holy Ghost order.
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- Saint Joseph's School - Class Dinners
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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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- Saint Joseph's School - Class Dinners
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- 1948
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1948 photo of a parish dinner in honor of a graduating class from St. Joseph's school (Ecole Nazareth). Among those seated at the head table are the Rt. Rev. Joseph E. Pariseau, pastor, and (2nd from right) a member of the Daughters of the Holy Ghost, a Catholic order of religious women active as...
Show more1948 photo of a parish dinner in honor of a graduating class from St. Joseph's school (Ecole Nazareth). Among those seated at the head table are the Rt. Rev. Joseph E. Pariseau, pastor, and (2nd from right) a member of the Daughters of the Holy Ghost, a Catholic order of religious women active as educators at Ecole Nazareth since 1943.
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- St. John Vianney Church
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- 1949
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First communion class outside on the steps of St. John Vianney Church in So. Burlington, Vt. with a nun and Reverend Bernard R. Spears. Dated 1949.
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1957 or 1958 photo of a group of mostly men (five nuns and one other woman seen) assembled on the steps of the Billings Library on the University of Vermont campus.