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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- Girls [41]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [41]
- Students [41]
- Portrait photography [33]
- High school students [13]
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Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside on the school steps. Photo #6.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the school steps. Photo #2.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #10.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #15.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #7.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #16.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #26.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 Mount St. Mary's Academy students gym class. Girls are in gym uniforms in formation in an outdoor field doing exercises.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students studying in the school library.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1941
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1941 photo of a large open room at Mount St. Mary's Academy with students enjoying refreshments. Photo #17.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 photo of several Mount St. Mary's students and a nun gathered around a table with books and Vermont related material on display. Photo #13.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 photo of two teenagers (students?) and a nun gathered around a library table in the school library.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Students of Mount St. Mary's participate in a Christmas drive for the poor. Boxes and baskets of goods include canned food, clothing and toys. Some of the boxes are labeled for whom the gifts would be appropriate (e.g. adults, or children). A poster hangs in back listing special needs items wanted. Circa 1954-1957. Photo #2.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Sodality
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
1947 photo of the students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assembled for a formal group photo. School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. They wear necklaces (religious medallions?) Poster says Let's Help, although the specific concern is unclear here. Sodalities were parish organizations dedicated to personal piety and service to others. Photo #7.
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