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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- Portrait photography [137]
- Students [137]
- Priests [48]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [42]
- Girls [33]
- High school students [13]
- Buildings [12]
- School children [11]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [9]
- St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.) [9]
- High school buildings [7]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Choirs (Music) [5]
- First communion [5]
- High school graduates [5]
- Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Nuns [4]
- South Burlington Central School (Vt.) [3]
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Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? One priest stands near the right in the back row. Some boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #4. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Two priests stand at either end in the back row. Most boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #?. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Three priests stand in back row. The boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #5. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Three priests stand in the back row. Most of boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #6. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Three priests stand in the back row. Most of boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #7. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather on the steps in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Three priests stand in the back row. The boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #5. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal school class photo of the students standing outside on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The boys are dressed in suits and ties; the girls in dresses. One priest stands in the back row. Photo #4. Undated. See also mcalB07F07i03.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal school class photo of the students standing outside on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The boys are dressed in suits and ties; the girls in dresses. One priest stands in the back row another stands center front row. Photo #1? Undated.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation undated. Photo #3.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation undated Photo #2.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1959. Photo #3.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1959.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1953. Photo #1.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1959. Photo #2
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1956/1957.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1956/1957. Photo #4.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1956/1957. Photo #2.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1956/1957. Photo #3.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1956/1957. Photo #1.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1953.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1953.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1952. Dog in attendance at far left. Photo #1.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1952. Dog in attendance at far left.
Title: Christ the King School - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - Graduation 1952. Dog in attendance at the far left.
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 for a formal first communion 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?
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