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). 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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Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Published: November 19, 2007, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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Creator(s)
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- Burlington (Vt.) [13]
- Bristol (Vt.) [7]
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- image [29]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [29]
- photographs [29]
Topic(s)
- School children [29]
- Students [29]
- Portrait photography [25]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [9]
- Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.) [7]
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 A group of Bristol school students gather outside around a truck. Nearby buildings seen in the background. In the right center is what used to be the old elementary school (now Bristol Historical Society building?)
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #16
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Title: Bristol School - Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Class portrait taken in front of the old Bristol High School, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #25.
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Title: Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #5.
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Title: Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #9.
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Title: Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #3.
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Title: Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #2.
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Title: Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-01
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Cathedral Grammar School library. Photo #2.
Title: Christ the King School (Burlington, VT)- graduates ? 1950-1957
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School. A group of graduates along with a church clergy and a woman assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The girls are in formal dress each with a corsage on their left shoulder. The boys are all in jackets and ties. Four boys sit in the front with one of them holding a baton. One boy in front has only one shoe on as his other appears to be in a cast. Same group as mcalA09F05i16 and mcalA09F05i17. Photo #1. Undated. 1950s?
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Children with church clergy are assembled outside for a formal group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #2. Undated. 1950s?
Title: Christ the King School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Children with church clergy are assembled inside church sanctuary or chapel for a formal group portrait. The girls are in white dresses with veils. The boys are all in white suits. Photo taken in celebration of the Catholic sacrament of first communion. Photo #2. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA09F05i24.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Knowledge is...") seen in the back. Photo #1.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Knowledge is...") seen in the back.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Knowledge is...") seen in the back.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 / 1957 South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington with portion of class slogan ("No Victory ...") seen behind. Photo #2.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 photo of a group of young people assembled outside for a portrait. Older adults stand on either side. The girls wear summer dresses and corsages. One small child holds a graduation baton. Photo #1.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 photo of a group of young people assembled outside for a portrait. Older adults stand on either side. The girls wear summer dresses and corsages. One small child holds a graduation baton. Photo #2.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 photo of a group of young people assembled outside for a portrait. Older adults stand on either side. The girls wear summer dresses and corsages. One small child holds a graduation baton. Photo #3.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a small group of boys and girls gathered near a stage. Each proudly holds a card or certificate of some kind. Two older adults stand in back. A large of group of seated children are assembled for this graduation ceremony.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a young lady receiving a graduation certificate from an older woman. A large group of seated young children are assembled watching the ceremony.
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal class photo at the private Catholic girls' school, Mount St. Mary's in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #9.
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal class photo at the private Catholic girls' school, Mount St. Mary's in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #21.
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal class photo at the private Catholic girls' school, Mount St. Mary's in Burlington, Vermont. Taken inside. Circa 1954-1957.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 portrait photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #21.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students. Photo #14.
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