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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- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [399]
- Portrait photography [399]
- Girls [256]
- High school students [244]
- High school graduates [46]
- Young women [21]
- Costume [20]
- High school athletes [20]
- Basketball [17]
- School children [13]
- Cheerleading [12]
- High school buildings [12]
- Nuns [8]
- Theaters Stage-setting and scenery [8]
- Statues [6]
- Middle school students [4]
- Musical groups [4]
- Musicians [4]
- Worship programs [4]
- Boys [3]
- Children [3]
- Classrooms [3]
- Gymnasiums [3]
- Priests [3]
- Banners [2]
- Chapels [2]
- Dance recitals [2]
- First communion [2]
- Toys [2]
- Buses [1]
- Christmas pageants [1]
- Church buildings [1]
- Dance [1]
- Women [1]
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Topic: ("Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont)")
Topic: ("Portrait photography")
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
1944 photo of cast of a theatrical production at Mount St. Mary's Academy. See also mcalB13F05i17
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Group photo of cast members of a theatrical production at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Actors are in biblical costumes of New Testament times. Center may be Jesus, others may be Virgin Mary, Joseph, Judas Iscariot (he holds money bag and rope), Roman soldier. Photo #4.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
Group photo of cast members of a theatrical production at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Actors are in biblical costumes of New Testament times. Center may be Jesus, others may be Virgin Mary, Joseph, Judas Iscariot (he holds money bag and rope), Roman soldier. Photo #3.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 - group photo of cast members of theatrical production at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Seen are a enthroned King and Queen with five other actors. Photo #1.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 theatrical performance with a biblical theme on stage of Mount St. Mary's. This may be Veronica (center) holding a cloth with the image of Jesus' face. Other actors portray a Roman soldier, men and women in outfits worn during New Testament times.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 - group photo of cast members of theatrical production at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Seen are a enthroned King and Queen with five other actors. Photo #2.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 - group photo of cast members on stage of theatrical production with religious theme at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Seen are Veronica holding a cloth with image of Jesus' face along with other actors in New Testament biblical dress. Photo # 5.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955; 1955
1955 photo of a theatrical performance with a biblical theme. Presented here is the birth of the Baby Jesus.The entire cast of the play seems to be on stage for what may be a Christmas pageant. Photo #1.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955; 1955
1955 group photo of cast members of a theatrical production with a biblical theme. Four young women stand and pose as if dancing holding one arm over their heads. A stage setting curtain with many stars serving as scenery is seen behind. Photo #6.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955; 1955
1955 group photo of cast members of a theatrical production with a biblical theme. Four young women kneel and pose as if dancing holding arms over their heads. A stage setting curtain with many stars serving as scenery is seen behind. Photo #5.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
1952 close-up photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus on stage with a person portraying Virgin Mary seated holding a Crucifer Cross and a replica of a Baby Jesus in her lap. Photo #5.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
1952 photo of seven young women dressed in long white robes and halos standing on stage each holding a sign with the name of a continent or a country. A nun sits center at a table. Photo #2.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
1952 photo of seven young women dressed in long white robes and halos standing on stage each holding a sign with the name of a continent or a country. A nun sits center at a table. Photo #1.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957; 1957
1957 group photo of cast members of a student production at Mount St. Mary's Academy. A nun stands center. Photo #5.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958; 1958
1958 group photo of cast members of a theatrical production at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Photo #32.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959; 1959
1959 group photo of cast members of a theatrical production at Mount St. Mary's Academy. Photo #6.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956-1957; 1956-1957
Shamrocks adorn the dance recital outfits on two of the young women as a group of eight form a line across a stage. Location Mount St. Mary's on Mansfield Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1956-1957. Photo #1. Same as mcalA10F03i23 and mcalA10F03i08
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
A high school dramatic production at Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vermont. All female cast. Madame Butterfly? Photo #1.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's - Theatricals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
A high school dramatic production at Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vermont. All female cast. Madame Butterfly? Photo #4.
![Thumbnail: Portraits, Religious Sisters [Nuns], Unidentified](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalA16F02i03-thumb.jpg)
Title: Portraits, Religious Sisters [Nuns], Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Nuns of Mount St. Mary's Academy 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
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
First communion? A large group of school children stand in three rows dressed for a special occasion. Location is Mount St Mary's stage. School was on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy school chorus. Back row, 6th in from the left possibly Therese Tessier (later Kneen), a student at Mount St Mary's in 1961 (also member of the Cheering Squad). Photo #20.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Mount Saint Mary's Academy school chorus. Back row, 6th in from the left possibly Therese Tessier (later Kneen), a student at the school 1961 (also member of the Cheering Squad). Photo #19.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy school chorus. Third row back, 3rd in from the left possibly Therese Tessier (later Kneen), a student at the school 1961 (also member of the Cheering Squad). Photo #18?
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