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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- Choirs (Music) [121]
- Portrait photography [94]
- Church buildings [48]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [45]
- High school students [41]
- Young men [14]
- Musical groups [13]
- Men [9]
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- Chapels [7]
- College students [6]
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- First United Methodist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- University of Vermont [4]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
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Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled in choir loft with church or chapel pipe organ behind. Photo #25.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus in choir robes standing on risers in the school's auditorium. Barely visible are the small head coverings each girl wears. Photo #26.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in robes assembled in the choir loft with church or chapel pipe organ seen behind them.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in robes in the choir loft of church or chapel with pipe organ behind. Photo #23.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes assembled on risers in the school auditorium
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1955 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes. Photo #3.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1960
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1960 Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus standing outside the school. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) back row 3rd from right. Photo #11.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1960
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1960 Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus standing outside the school. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) back row 3rd from right. Photo #12
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1960
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1960 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes standing outside on the steps of the school. Photo #16.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled inside with two pianos and pianists. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) back row 6th from left. Photo #20.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled inside with two pianos and pianists. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) back row 6th from left. Photo #19.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) 3rd row from the front, 3rd from the left. Photo #18.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes standing inside in a stairwell. Photo #32?
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes standing in a stairwell.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes standing outside on the steps of the school along with one of the Sisters of Mercy. Photo #28.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1961
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes standing outside on the steps of the school with one of the Sisters of Mercy. Photo #27.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students dressed in robes and stoles standing outside on the steps of the school.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955; 1955
Ca. 23 women in the Sisters of Mercy community at Mount St. Mary's Sacred Heart Chapel : sisters (black veils), novices (white veils), and postulants (black tulle veils) in prayer in the choir of the chapel. Good example of Pre-Vatican II sanctuary, with the railing (where Communion is received); the altar built into the back wall of the sanctuary, requiring the priest to turn his back to the people; and the tabernacle placed centrally on the altar. Dated 1955.
Title: Musical Ensembles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Combined choral and orchestra groups assembled on and in front of stage. Location Edmunds High School building auditorum, Burlington, Vermont. Undated. Event may be All State.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Children's church choir.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Children's church choir. Unidentified and undated. Photo #1.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Children's church choir in the sanctuary of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #11.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Church Youth Choir. Unidentified and undated. Photo #16
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