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.) [103]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [21]
- Vergennes (Vt.) [15]
- Winooski (Vt.) [9]
- Milton (Vt.) [7]
Format(s)
- image [207]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [189]
- photographs [189]
Topic(s)
- High school graduates [207]
- Portrait photography [138]
- High school buildings [66]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [53]
- Young women [43]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [14]
- Shelburne Public School (Shelburne, Vt.) [11]
- Banners [9]
- Saint Francis Xavier School (Winooski, Vt.) [9]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [7]
- Buildings [6]
- High school students Dramatic production [6]
- Actors [5]
- High school students [5]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Costume [3]
- Auditoriums [2]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Priests [2]
- St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Boys [1]
- School children [1]
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Topic: ("High school graduates")
Title: Graduation - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
1944 photo of graduates gathered outside each holding their diploma. Photo #1.
Title: Graduation - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
1944 photo of graduates gathered outside each holding their diploma. Photo #3.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 contact sheet showing two different exposures of three graduates.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of four women high school graduates in cap and gown holding their diplomas and wearing corsages standing outside along side a clapboard building.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949/1950 high school graduates assembled outside in front of their school. Photo #2.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949/1950 high school graduates assembled outside in front of their school. Photo #1.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949/1950 high school graduates assembled outside in front of their school. Photo #3.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 graduates with slogan "We Shall Stand and We Shall Conquer"
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 assembled group of graduates in cap and gown on a stage for a portrait.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 graduates with slogan "Wisdom is Better Than Rubies"
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of graduates gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Girls are in uniform. They all wear a long ribbon pinned to the left shoulder. This may be a Catholic school. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of graduates gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Girls are in uniform. They all wear a long ribbon pinned to the left shoulder. This may be a Catholic school. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of graduates gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Girls are in uniform. They all wear a long ribbon pinned to the left shoulder. This may be a Catholic school. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt? Photo #2.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt? Photo #3.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt? Photo #2.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school all dressed in the same color gowns. Sign to the right reads "Standard School, Vermont." Partially seen overhead in background is "Memorial School"
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. All wear the same color gowns. Partly visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont."
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. Partly visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont."
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