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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- Burlington (Vt.) [189]
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- image [193]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [189]
- photographs [189]
Topic(s)
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [193]
- College students [94]
- Young women [86]
- Portrait photography [49]
- College graduates [38]
- Nurses [17]
- DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [13]
- Architectural photography [12]
- Family [12]
- Classrooms [9]
- Urban parks [9]
- Chapels [8]
- Interior architecture [8]
- Chairs [5]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [5]
- Musicians [5]
- Offices [5]
- Worship programs [5]
- Cafeterias [4]
- Employees [4]
- Gymnasiums [4]
- Priests [4]
- Athletics [3]
- Choirs (Music) [3]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Piano [3]
- Street photography [3]
- Basketball [2]
- Church buildings [2]
- Construction projects [2]
- Dwellings [2]
- Hardware [2]
- Statues [2]
- Theaters [2]
- Auditoriums [1]
- Banners [1]
- Boys [1]
- Buses [1]
- Dance [1]
- Dolls [1]
- Hospitals [1]
- House furnishings [1]
- Infants [1]
- Men [1]
- Musical groups [1]
- Tennis [1]
- Young men [1]
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Topic: ("Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.)")
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
[1955?] photo of a woman kneeling in prayer near an altar in a chapel at Christ the King School or at Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont. Same labeled photo mcalA18F05i23 as Trinity College and mcalB12F19i02 labeled as Mount St. Mary's Academy (1955).
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
[1955?] photo of a woman kneeling in prayer near an altar in a chapel at Christ the King School or at Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont. Same labeled photo mcalA18F05i23 as Trinity College and mcalB12F19i02 labeled as Mount St. Mary's Academy (1955).
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of a kneeling woman in prayer near an altar. Is this Christ the King, Mount St. Mary's Academy or Trinity College? See also mcalA09F05i43 labeled as Christ the King. Same labeled photo mcalA18F05i23 as Trinity College.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961; 1961
13 Sisters of Mercy gathered in a room at the convent or perhaps Trinity College (exact location unknown). Sisters of Mercy were founded in Ireland in 1831 by Mother Catherine McAuley and have been active in Vermont since 1872. Photo dated 1961. Photo #8?
Title: Portraits - Unidentified Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
1945 photo of 5 women seated in a reception room at Trinity College. Identity of women and occasion unknown.
Title: State Health Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Fall 1952 - site of the State Health Building being constructed at 115 Colchester Ave. (currently 195 Colchester Ave.) ; to the left in background is Mann Hall of Trinity College opposite the site also on upper Colchester Ave, Burlington, Vt.
Title: State Health Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Fall 1952 - site of the State Health Building under construction. Listed as 115 Colchester Ave in 1954 city directory (currently 195 Colchester Ave.) ; to the left in background is Mann Hall of Trinity College also on Colchester Ave, Burlington, Vt.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Interior of a recreation room at Trinity College, with two pianos and a student using a phonograph.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Corner of a chapel with a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with drapery in the background and flowers. Banister pattern matches the one seen in mcalA18F05i23, so perhaps this is a corner in the same chapel.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The building now known as Mann Hall was once known as the administration building (built in 1939) of Trinity College. In 1972 it was renamed in honor of Mother Mary Emmanuel (Frances Mann), who steered the college through many challenging years of growth. It contained the library, classrooms, dining room, lab, and currently has a small auditorium. It is now owned by the University of Vermont.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The building now known as Mann Hall was once known as the administration building (built in 1939) of Trinity College. In 1972 it was renamed in honor of Mother Mary Emmanuel (Frances Mann), who steered the college through many challenging years of growth. It contained the library, classrooms, dining room, lab, and currently has a small auditorium. It is now owned by the University of Vermont.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The building now known as Mann Hall was once known as the administration building (built in 1939) of Trinity College. In 1972 it was renamed in honor of Mother Mary Emmanuel (Frances Mann), who steered the college through many challenging years of growth. It contained the library, classrooms, dining room, lab, and currently has a small auditorium. It is now owned by the University of Vermont. Off in the distance: a large residence owned by the Sisters of Mercy.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Interior of lounge, either in a renovated Mann Hall or McAuley Hall (built 1958), Trinity College, Burlington, Vt.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Dining hall at Trinity College, very likely in McAuley Hall, which was built in 1958. Photo undated but furniture and lighting look late 1950s style. Photo #7.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Overexposed photo of the dining hall at Trinity College, very likely in McAuley Hall (built 1958). Photo undated but furniture and lighting look late 1950s style. Photo #2.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Overexposed photo of a lounge very likely in McAuley Hall (built 1958), Trinity College, Burlington, Vt. Photo is undated but the furniture looks like late 1950s, early 1960s style. Photo #4.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Another view of a lounge very likely in McAuley Hall (1958), Trinity College, Burlington, Vt. Photo is undated but the furniture looks like late 1950s, early 1960s style. Photo #6.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Dining hall at Trinity College, very likely in McAuley Hall (built 1958). Photo undated but furniture and lighting look late 1950s style. Photo #3.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Dormitory room at Trinity College, very likely in Mother (Catherine) McAuley Hall, which was built in 1958.
Title: Trinity College - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Faculty member of Trinity College and presumably a Sister of Mercy.
Title: Trinity College - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Faculty member of Trinity College and presumably a Sister of Mercy. Office very likely in the Administration Building (Mann Hall).
Title: Trinity College - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Faculty member of Trinity College and presumably a Sister of Mercy.
Title: Trinity College - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Faculty member of Trinity College and presumably a Sister of Mercy.
Title: Trinity College - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Faculty member of Trinity College and presumably a Sister of Mercy.
Title: Trinity College - Faculty
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Faculty member of Trinity College and presumably a Sister of Mercy. Office very likely in the Administration Building (Mann Hall).
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