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.) [52]
- Colchester (Vt.) [2]
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- image [69]
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- black-and-white photographs [67]
- photographs [67]
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- College graduates [69]
- Portrait photography [52]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [38]
- Young women [20]
- University of Vermont [16]
- Young men [3]
- Architectural photography [2]
- Fanny Allen Hospital [2]
- Landscape photography [2]
- Men [2]
- Gardens [1]
- Gymnasiums [1]
- Hospitals [1]
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Title: Trinity College - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 photo of some Trinity College graduates, a faculty member, and a Sister of Mercy. Photo #17.
Title: Trinity College - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 Trinity Colleges graduates, three Sisters of Mercy, and a college faculty member, assembled perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #5.
Title: Trinity College - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 photo of three Trinity College graduates sitting in front of two Sisters of Mercy, who also may be faculty members. Photo #20.
Title: Trinity College - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 Trinity College graduates assembled for a photograph, perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall).
Title: Trinity College - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 Trinity College graduates and a faculty member assembled for a photograph, perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #6.
Title: Trinity College - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 Trinity College graduates, three Sisters of Mercy, who also may be faculty members, and another faculty member assembled perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #6.
Title: Trinity College - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 large group of Trinity College graduates and a faculty member assembled perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #7.
Title: Trinity College - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 Trinity College graduates assembled perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall).
Title: Trinity College - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 A group of Trinity College students at graduation time, taken probably in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #19.
Title: UVM - College of Medicine
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of 5 graduates of the College of Medicine, in front of what is now the Psychology Dept. in John Dewey Hall.
Title: UVM - College of Medicine
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of 5 graduates of the College of Medicine holding their rolled diplomas, in front of what is now the Psychology Dept. in John Dewey Hall.
Title: UVM - College of Medicine
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 photo taken inside the College of Medicine (now John Dewey Hall) of the graduating class.
Title: UVM - College of Medicine
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
(Same group as in mcalB19F22i03) 1956 photo taken inside the College of Medicine (now John Dewey Hall) of the graduating class. Photo #2.
Title: UVM - Graduation Ceremony
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 University of Vermont graduation ceremony in front of Waterman building on campus.
Title: UVM - Graduation Ceremony
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 University of Vermont graduation ceremony in front of Waterman building on campus.
Title: UVM - Graduation Ceremony
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 University of Vermont graduation ceremony in front of Waterman building on campus. Umbrellas are up. It must be raining.
Title: UVM - School of Nursing
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group of UVM School of Nursing students, probably at graduation time, wearing capes neatly draped to display crisp white uniforms. Location is Ira Allen Chapel. Photo dated 1945. Photo #4.
Title: UVM - School of Nursing
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group of UVM School of Nursing students, probably at graduation time, wearing capes neatly draped to display crisp white uniforms. Location is Ira Allen Chapel. Dated 1945. Photo #1.
Title: UVM - School of Nursing
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group of UVM School of Nursing students, probably at graduation time, wearing capes neatly draped to display crisp white uniforms. Location is Ira Allen Chapel. Dated 1945.
Title: UVM - School of Nursing
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group of UVM School of Nursing students, probably at graduation time, wearing capes neatly draped to display crisp white uniforms. Location is Ira Allen Chapel. Dated 1945. Photo #2.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
UVM graduates in academic regalia. Site and date unknown. Photo #2. Handwriting 65 cents at bottom margin.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
UVM graduates in academic regalia. Site and date unknown. Photo #1. See also mcalA18F11i11.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Graduating group portrait of UVM class of 1956 with Dean George Wolf assembled in Hall A of John Dewey Hall. Photo #2.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
UVM Medical College Class of 1934 at graduation, with Drs. P. E. McSweeney and T. S. Brown.
Title: UVM Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
UVM Commencement gathering (see mcalA18F11i34) in the gymnasium (built 1901), now restored as the Royall Tyler Theatre and Physical Plant building. Mortar boards can be seen on the right side, in the 12-15 rows closest to the rostrum. Date of photo unknown, but hat styles suggest 1920s-1930s.
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