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.) [37]
- South Burlington (Vt.) [2]
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- black-and-white photographs [41]
- photographs [41]
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- Children [43]
- First communion [43]
- Portrait photography [33]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [24]
- Priests [19]
- Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Classrooms [2]
- Mater Christi School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Nuns [2]
- Saint John Vianney Parish (South Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Worship programs [2]
- Boys [1]
- Bridegrooms [1]
- Buildings [1]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Girls [1]
- Students [1]
- Young women [1]
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Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion 1945 with children assembled outside. The boys do not wear jackets but sport ties and a few wear suspenders. "Regnet Christus" engraved over the door. Photo #1.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion 1948/1949 with children assembled outside with one alter boy holding up a religious banner. Photo #2.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion 1948/1949 with children assembled outside with one alter boy holding up a religious banner. Photo #3.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion 1953 with children assembled outside. One boy holds a banner. Photo #4.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion 1953 with the children assembled outside with one boy holding a banner. Photo #3.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion 1953 with the children assembled outside with one boy holding a banner. Photo #2.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion 1953 with the children assembled outside with one boy holding a banner. Photo #1.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion undated. Photo #1.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion undated. Photo #2.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion 1958. Photo #3.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion 1958. Photo #2.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion 1958. Photo #1.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion undated. Photo #2.
Title: Christ the King School - First Communion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Christ the King School - First Communion undated. Photo #3.
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 a church sanctuary or chapel 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 #1. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA09F05i26.
Title: Mater Christi School (?) - First Communion (taken at Mt. St. Mary's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 or 1957 photo of First communion for children. Taken at Mount St. Mary's Academy in Burlington which is next to Mater Christi School.
Title: Mater Christi School (?) - First Communion (taken at Mt. St. Mary's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 photo of children at their First Communion taken at Mt. St. Mary's Academy in Burlington (which is next door to Mater Christi School)
Title: Nazareth School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950; 1949-1950
Print from a damaged negative of First Communion at Nazareth School, Burlington. Dated 1949 / 1950. Photo #2.
Title: Nazareth School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950; 1949-1950
Print from a heavily damaged negative of First Communion at Nazareth School, Burlington. Dated 1949 / 1950. Photo #3.
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May Crowning? A group of young ladies and young school children are assembled outside for a religious event. Eight young women are dressed in long summer gowns. A central girl stands on a platform dressed as a religious figure with a floral and vine decorated trellis behind. Photo #2. See also mcalA14F15i01 and i02
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Large group of young children perhaps assembled for First Communion. Location is Mount St. Mary's Academy on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Portraits, children, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A large group of children stand in three rows before a stage (Mount St. Mary's Academy) and are dressed for their First Communion.
Title: St. Anthony's Church and School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 group of young children with Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor of St. Anthony Parish since 1940. Most seem to be dressed for First Communion, although the older boys have dark blazers and navy style caps. The picture may have been taken shortly after Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945), which would explain the prominence of the American flag. The parish school seen in the background opened Oct. 8, 1931, closed in 1971, and was demolished in 1980.
Title: St. John Vianney Church
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First communion class outside on the steps of St. John Vianney Church in So. Burlington, Vt. with a nun and Reverend Bernard R. Spears. Dated 1949.
Title: St. John Vianney Church
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949; 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First communion class outside on the steps of St. John Vianney Church in So. Burlington, Vt. with a nun and Reverend Bernard R. Spears. Dated 1948-1949.
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