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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Place(s)
- Burlington (Vt.) [176]
- Bristol (Vt.) [14]
- Middlebury (Vt.) [7]
- Milton (Vt.) [1]
Format(s)
- image [274]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [234]
- photographs [234]
Topic(s)
- Students [274]
- Portrait photography [223]
- Priests [69]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [51]
- Girls [48]
- Young women [32]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [31]
- Young men [31]
- School children [29]
- Buildings [27]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [16]
- High school students [14]
- Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.) [14]
- St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.) [13]
- Boys [10]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Children [9]
- Nuns [8]
- Middlebury College [7]
- South Burlington Central School (Vt.) [7]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Choirs (Music) [5]
- First communion [5]
- Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Middle school students [5]
- Musicians [5]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Women [5]
- Interior architecture [4]
- Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- Bands (Music) [3]
- College teachers [2]
- High school teachers [2]
- Men [2]
- Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Classrooms [1]
- College students [1]
- Confirmation Catholic Church [1]
- Dance [1]
- Dance recitals [1]
- Milton Elementary School (Milton, Vt.) [1]
- Musical groups [1]
- Offices [1]
- Tap dancers [1]
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Title: Piano - Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Group photo. dated 1952, of a young piano studio at the time of their recital, with girls wearing long formal gowns and the 2 boys in jackets and bow ties. Name of the piano studio and/or its instructor unknown.
Title: Piano - Recitals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
1952 photo of young piano students at the time of their recital, with girls wearing long white gowns and the boys in jackets and bow ties. Name of studio unknown.
Title: Portraits, groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. A group of men and women, students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo.
Title: Saint Joseph's School - Class Dinners
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of a class dinner for the St. Joseph School Class of '49, with Rt. Rev. Joseph E. Pariseau sitting at the head table, along with students (top 2 boys and girls?) and perhaps teachers, and a sister in the Daughters of the Holy Ghost order.
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946; 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1945 photo of a group of students gathered outside a school, presumably, for a portrait. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #2.
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946; 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1945 photo of 8 students assembled outside a school for a portrait. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #14.
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946; 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1945 photo of 3 students and a teacher, perhaps, standing outside a school building. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #12.
Title: School Groups - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946; 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1945 photo of a large group of high school students, assembled outside the school for a class portrait perhaps. Identity of persons, venue, and occasion unknown. Photo #6?
Title: Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1960/1961. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. A group of men and women, students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo. Photo #3.
Title: Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1960/1961. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. A group of men and women, students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school, gather for a group photo.
Title: Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1956/1957. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. A group of women, students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo.
Title: St. Anthony's Church and School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 students of St. Anthony School with Rev. Edmund Marion (right), pastor since 1940, and Rev. Arthur Hamel. The occasion must be the sacrament of Confirmation, since the students appear to be at that age. The church is on the left; the parish rectory, on the right; and the school is behind the church. The church cornerstone is dated 1902, and the rectory was built the same year. Photo #1.
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
Graduating students of St. Anthony parish school gather with Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor, for a class photo. After serving in many parishes, Fr. Marion came to St. Anthony's in 1940. The 10-year-old school soon had a bus, a hot lunch program, and, at the insistence of the Quebecois pastor, offered French for an hour a day starting with 3rd graders.
Title: St. Anthony's Church and School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
St. Anthony School Class of 1950 on graduation day, with Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor, in the middle. Photo #1?
Title: St. Anthony's Church and School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
St. Anthony School Class of 1950 on graduation day, with Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor, in the middle. Photo #3.
Title: St. Anthony's Church and School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950; 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
St. Anthony School Class of 1950 on graduation day, with Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor, in the middle. (Somebody got them to smile!) Photo #2.
Title: St. Anthony's Church and School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951; 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 Graduation Day at St. Anthony School, with Revs. Bernard G. Couture (left) and Edmund Marion, pastor. Church is on the left; the parish rectory, right; and the school (with extra window lattices...or something), in the rear. St. Anthony School closed in 1971. Photo #3.
Title: St. Anthony's Church and School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Graduating Class of 1944 at St. Anthony School, with Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor. Attendees can be seen in the background. The school was opened on Oct. 1, 1931 and had as many as 400 students. Fr. Marion became pastor in 1940 after having served in many parishes, and began renovations at the school as well as a hot lunch program.
Title: St. Anthony's Church and School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Graduating Class of 1944 at St. Anthony School, with Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor. Family, including young children, can be seen in the background. The school was opened on Oct. 1, 1931 and had as many as 400 students. Fr. Marion became pastor in 1940 after having served in many parishes, and began renovations at the school as well as a hot lunch program.
Title: St. Anthony's Church and School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Graduating Class of 1952 at St. Anthony School, with Rev. Bernard Couture (left) and Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor.
Title: St. Anthony's Church and School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Graduating Class of 1952 at St. Anthony School, with Rev. Bernard Couture (left) and Rev. Edmund Marion, pastor.
Title: St. Anthony's School Burlington - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An assembly of St. Anthony's School students at graduation time. Caps, gowns, and diplomas in hand. The priest is Rev. Walter F. Charland, who, according to the Burlington Directory, served the parish from ca. 1956-1962. The site could be the main altar of the church on Flynn Ave. Photo #3.
Title: St. Anthony's School Burlington - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An assembly of St. Anthony's School students at graduation time. Caps, gowns, and diplomas in hand. The priest is Rev. Walter F. Charland, who, according to the Burlington Directory, served the parish from ca. 1956-1962. The site could be the main altar of the church on Flynn Ave. (Same group as that in mcalA16F10i01, but 3 students in this photo are wearing their glasses.) Photo #2.
Title: St. Anthony's School Burlington - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An assembly of St. Anthony's School students at graduation time. Caps, gowns, and diplomas in hand. The priest is Rev. Walter F. Charland, who, according to the Burlington Directory, served the parish from ca. 1956-1962. The site could be the main altar of the church on Flynn Ave. (Same group as that in mcalA16F10i01, but 3 students in this photo are wearing their glasses.) Photo #1.
Title: St. Anthony's School Burlington - Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An assembly of St. Anthony's School students at graduation time, dressed in caps and gowns, with diplomas in hand. The site could be the front steps of the church on Flynn Ave. The priest is Rev. Bernard G. Couture, who is seen in other photos dated from 1951. Photo #1 or 2?
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