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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Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 photo of a female Cathedral High School students gathered for a group picture. Photo #30.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1957 photo of female Cathedral High School students assembled for a group picture. Photo #29.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. Photo #7.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. At least two of the boys wear white canvas across the shoulder/waist belts. Photo #3.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of Cathedral High School students assembled outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a class picture. At least two of the boys wear white canvas across the shoulder/waist belts. Photo #4.
Title: Cathedral High School - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Girls of the Cathedral High School cheerleading squad posing in the Cathedral High School gymnasium. Photograph is dated 1956. Photo #33.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 majorettes formal photo standing on wooden steps arranged in a "V" formation. An altered version of this photo appears in the school yearbook, Tower 1956. Photo #30. Sally Van Sleet, Captain ; Elizabeth Daley, Pauline McCarthy, Anita Handy, Maureen Barber, Sandra Sinclair, Claire Paris, Lois Crady, Janet Dion, Janet Limoges, Rita Michaud.
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Orchestra
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955; 1955
1955 members of Mount St. Mary's Academy orchestra. Girls wear robes. Photo #7.
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Orchestra
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954; 1954
1954 members of Mount St. Mary's Academy orchestra. Photo #30.
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Orchestra
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954; 1954
1954 members of Mount St. Mary's Academy orchestra. Photo #29.
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Orchestra
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
1947 members of Mount St. Mary's Academy orchestra on the school stage. Photo #14.
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 photo Cheering Squad of Mount St. Mary's assembled on the front steps. Top row left to right is Georgiana Girard, Rose Ryan, Mary Tessier, Kathleen Donohue, ?. Front row left to right Lynne Basiliere, Joann Le Blanc, Therese Tessier, (Captain [later Terrie Kneen), Marion Brown, Claudette Doucette, Sue Hergenrother. Photo #24.
Title: Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1961 photo Cheering Squad of Mount St. Mary's assembled on the front steps. Top row left to right is Georgiana Girard, Rose Ryan, Mary Tessier, Kathleen Donohue, ?. Front row left to right Lynne Basiliere, Joann Le Blanc, Therese Tessier, (Captain [later Terrie Kneen), Marion Brown, Claudette Doucette, Sue Hergenrother. Photo #25.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 group portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy cheerleaders with megaphone and initials MSM. Photo #13.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Cheerleaders
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A blurry 1956 or 1957 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy cheerleaders outside on the steps of the school in cheer leading uniforms and holding a large megaphone.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Cheerleaders
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 Mount St. Mary's Academy cheerleaders in uniform in cheering poses outside on the steps of the school with large megaphone with initials MSM. Photo #29
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Cheerleaders
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 Mount St. Mary's Academy cheerleaders in uniform outside on the steps of the school with large megaphone with initials MSM. Photo #30
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Cheerleaders
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 Mount St. Mary's Academy cheerleaders in uniform in cheering poses outside on the steps of the school with large megaphone with initials MSM. Photo #31
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled on the school's stage with a student portraying the Virgin Mary. She holds a figurine of the Baby Jesus. Photo #4.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled on the school's stage. Photo #27.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 photo of three members of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus. A large painting of Jesus Christ hangs on the wall behind them. Photo #18.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled on the school's stage. Photo #28.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled on the school's stage. Photo #26.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1954 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled on the school's stage. Photo #25.
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 pipe organ behind. Photo #26.
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