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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Topic: ("Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.)")
Title: Cathedral Grammar School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Cathedral Grammar School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Cathedral Grammar School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Cathedral Grammar School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Cathedral Grammar School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont. Photo #1.
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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.
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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 music class. Students stand in a very narrow classroom filled with desks. A nun stands behind them. Photo #8.
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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 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students seated at their desks in their classroom. Photo #11.
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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 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students seated at their desks in their classroom. A nun stands to the side. Photo #5.
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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 students use straws to drink milk from glass bottles. Reading lesson posters hang on the wall. Photo #10. Similar to 1945 photo mcalB17F23i15
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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 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students seated at their desks in their classroom looking at a projection on the wall. Window shades have been pulled down to darken the room. Photo #9.
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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 photo of a Cathedral Grammar School classroom with students seated at their desks studying. Photo #6. Cracked negative.
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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 photo of a Cathedral Grammar School music class. A nun plays the piano in the front of the narrow classroom filled with nearly 40 students as they sit at their desks holding music books. Photo #7.
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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 classroom with a nun standing in the back of the room. Students are seated at their desks studying. Photo #3.
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Title: Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated class photo of Cathedral Grammar School students standing on the steps outside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
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Title: Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #29.
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Title: Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #9.
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Title: Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #10.
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Title: Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #21.
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Title: Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cathedral Grammar School students gather outside on the front steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont for a class photo. Photo #8.
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Title: Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #22.
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Title: Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students having refreshments as part of their First Communion. Parents stand along the edges of the classroom.
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Title: Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of the Cathedral Grammar School library. Students sit and hold books. Photo #1.
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Title: Cathedral Grammar School [Prints]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Cathedral Grammar School students sitting at classroom desks reading issues of the Junior Catholic Messenger. Photo #13.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
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 at Mount St. Mary's.
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