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.) [22]
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- black-and-white photographs [20]
- photographs [20]
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- Statues [29]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [13]
- Portrait photography [9]
- Church buildings [8]
- St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Interior architecture [3]
- Women [3]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Young women [2]
- Boys [1]
- Chapels [1]
- Classrooms [1]
- College graduates [1]
- Monuments [1]
- Musicians [1]
- University of Vermont [1]
- Worship programs [1]
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Title: Morrill, Justin Smith, Bust
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of a marble sculptured bust of Justin Smith Morrill made by Italian born artist Preston Powers.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1941
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1941 class portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy located Burlington, Vt. in school uniforms. Photo #12.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1941
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1941 class portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students assembled outside on a grassy spot with a religious statue. Photo #14.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1941
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1941 class portrait of Mount St. Mary's Academy students assembled outside on a grassy spot with a religious statue. Photo #13.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - May Crowning
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 photo of crowned Virgin Mary statue in the Sacred Heart Chapel at Mount St. Mary's, Burlington, Vermont as part of the May Crowning religious ceremony. Lilies among the flowers seen.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Sodality
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948; 1948
1948 photo of students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assembled for a formal group photo. They wear necklaces (religious medallions?). School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Sodalities were lay organizations dedicated to personal piety and service to others. The priest in this photo may be the Rev. Barry E. Fontaine of the Catholic diocese of Burlington. The statue of Christ displays the Sacred Heart, and some of the "sodalists" have flowers to decorate the shrine. Photo #1.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Sodality
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948; 1948
1948 photo of students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assembled for a formal group photo. They wear necklaces (religious medallions?). School was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Sodalities were lay organizations dedicated to personal piety and service to others. The priest in this photo may be the Rev. Barry E. Fontaine of the Catholic diocese of Burlington. The statue of Christ displays the Sacred Heart, and some of the "sodalists" have flowers to decorate the shrine. Photo #2.
Title: Mount St. Mary's Academy - Sodality
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946; 1946
1946 photo of students of the Sodality Council of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assembled for a formal group photo. Members are demonstrating their activities, such as placing flowers before sacred statues; reading from a sodality publication "The Queen's Work"; and creating inspirational posters. The academy was located on Mansfield Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Sodalities were lay organizations dedicated to personal piety and service to others. Photo #12.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955; 1955
Sister of Mercy kneeling before a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To her right is a somewhat 2-dimensional likeness of a devout person praying the rosary and holding a candle. Dated 1955.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955; 1955
Young woman kneeling before a statue of Jesus that features the Sacred Heart. This may have been part of a promotional campaign to encourage vocations to the Sisters of Mercy. Dated 1955.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955; 1955
10 Sisters of Mercy, gathered before a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, perhaps near Mount St. Mary's. Dated 1955.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957; 1957
10 Sisters of Mercy, gathered before a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, perhaps near Mount St. Mary's. Dated 1957. Photo #1.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948; 1948
Large group of young women interested in a religious vocation with the Sister of Mercy (postulants), gathered before a statue of Christ revealing the Sacred Heart. Photo #4. Dated 1948.
Title: Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1960; 1960
Six Sisters of Mercy gathered before a shrine dedicated to Mary, Queen of the Assumption. These women may still be in the novitiate, or celebrating the end of it. Location is unknown but presumably on the grounds of Mount St. Mary's. Photo #26. Dated 1960.
Title: Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of Saint Joseph's Church with religious statues and lilies and ferns. Photo 2.
Title: Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 / 1952 photo of Saint Joseph's Church sanctuary with worshipers. The church, the largest in Vermont, was finished in 1887, but the parish itself began in 1850. A centennial history of the parish was published in 1987 and has a detailed history of the building's design and construction. Here one sees the full panoply of religious artifacts and decoration known before the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, some of which can be seen at St. Joseph's today. These include a reproduction of DaVinci's "Last Supper," numerous statues of saints and angels, at least 3 American flags, perhaps a flag of Vatican City, flowers, plants, and special lighting. In addition, a man standing in the middle of the church appears to be playing a trumpet. The occasion of this particular mass is not known.
Title: Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of religious statue (Virgin Mary) under a canopy surrounded by lilies in Saint Joseph's Church.
Title: Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Saint Joseph's Church sanctuary with priest in pulpit (left). Structural items such as the pulpit and the supports holding various statues attached to the columns have been removed, owing to liturgical reforms and audio-technology. The church, the largest in Vermont, was finished in 1887, but the parish itself began in 1850. A centennial history of the parish was published in 1987 and has a detailed history of the building's design and construction. Here one sees the panoply of religious artifacts and decoration known before the Second Vatican Council, some of which can be seen at St. Joseph's today. These include a reproduction, high above the altar, of DaVinci's "Last Supper," numerous statues of saints and angels, at least 3 American flags, perhaps a flag of Vatican City, flowers, plants, and special lighting. Photo no. 6.
Title: Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 / 1952 Saint Joseph's Church sanctuary with worshipers. The church, the largest in Vermont, was finished in 1887, but the parish itself began in 1850. A centennial history of the parish was published in 1987 and has a detailed history of the building's design and construction. Here one sees the panoply of religious artifacts and decoration known before the Second Vatican Council, some of which can be seen at St. Joseph's today. These include a reproduction, high above the altar, of DaVinci's "Last Supper," numerous statues of saints and angels, at least 3 American flags, perhaps a flag of Vatican City, flowers, plants, candles and special lighting. This particular mass may be the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8), since the parishioners seem dressed for cold weather and there is a large statue of Mary under a canopy, in addition to others in the sanctuary. Photo 5.
Title: Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 / 1952 Saint Joseph's Church sanctuary with worshipers. Two boys look at the photographer as he takes a picture of the altar at St.Joseph's Church on the Old North End in Burlington, Vt. The altar is crowded with statues of saints and angels and decorated with candles, flowers, plants, and flags. High above the altar is a reproduction of DaVinci's "Last Supper," and a prominent statue of Mary under a canopy can be seen on the left. In keeping with the Tridentine rite of the Roman Catholic Church, the priest faces the altar (and not the parishioners, as in current practice) where the Latin texts are framed and set in place. Photo 4.
Title: Saint Joseph's Church and Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of the interior of St. Joseph's Church, which has a statue of Mary under a canopy and placed at the top of some steps. The statue is well lighted and surrounded by Easter lilies, palms, and other flowers.
Title: Trinity College - Buildings & Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Corner of a chapel with a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with drapery in the background and flowers. Banister pattern matches the one seen in mcalA18F05i23, so perhaps this is a corner in the same chapel.
Title: Trinity College - Graduation
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1956
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956 Trinity College graduates, assembled on stairs in the shape of an "M," presumably for the Blessed Virgin Mary. Statue in the background is of Jesus displaying the Sacred Heart. Photo #27.
Title: UVM Buildings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Created in 1921 and restored in 2000, "this bronze statue of UVM's founder, Ira Allen, was executed by sculptor Sherry Fry, a member of the National Academy of Design... James B. Wilbur, a wealthy businessman from Manchester, Vermont, who wrote the 1928 biography of Ira Allen, gave the statue to the University. The statue displaced the Lafayette statue which was relocated to the north side of the University Green, thus severing the logical connection between the original placement of the statue of Lafayette and Old Mill." (Source: Prof. William Lipke, UVM Dept. of Art. "Ira Allen, 1921" Art & Architecture at UVM. http://www.uvm.edu/~wlipke/artuvm/allen.php)
Title: Wells Statue at Gettysburg
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of statue of William Wells (1837-1892), Brevet Major General of the U.S. Vols. located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania at the National Military Park, along South Confederate Avenue. A similar monument is also located in Burlington Vermont's Battery Park. "For gallant and meritorious services" March 13, 1865. Awarded the metal of honor for "most distinguished gallantry at Gettysburg" July 3, 1863. Native Vermonter, born in Waterbury, Vermont.
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