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.) [176]
- Bristol (Vt.) [14]
- Middlebury (Vt.) [7]
- Milton (Vt.) [1]
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- image [274]
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- black-and-white photographs [234]
- photographs [234]
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- 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: 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 students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont for a group picture. Photo #12? (Image printed in reverse as the letters on the church arch are backwards).
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 students gathered outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont for a group picture. Photo #15
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 photo of students and one older man (maybe a priest in the back row) outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a group picture.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 photo of students and a priest, in the back row, outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a group picture. Photo #3
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 photo of students and one priest standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immmaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 photo of students and one priest standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immmaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 photo of students and one priest standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immmaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 photo of students and one priest standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immmaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1958 photo of students and one priest standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immmaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
Title: Cathedral High School
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 photo of students, priests and nuns standing outside on the steps of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont for a class picture.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Priests stand at either end of the back row. Some boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #1. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Two priests stand at either end of the back row. Some boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #3. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception school for a formal class photo. Religion class? Two priests stand at either end of the back row. Some boys wear suit and tie; girls all in dresses. Photo #1. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? One priest stands near the right in the back row. Some boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #4. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Two priests stand at either end in the back row. Most boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #?. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Three priests stand in back row. The boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #5. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Three priests stand in the back row. Most of boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #6. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Three priests stand in the back row. Most of boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #7. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of students gather on the steps in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a formal class photo. Religion class? Three priests stand in the back row. The boys wear suits and ties. The girls are all in dresses. Photo #5. Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal school class photo of the students standing outside on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The boys are dressed in suits and ties; the girls in dresses. One priest stands in the back row. Photo #4. Undated. See also mcalB07F07i03.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal school class photo of the students standing outside on the steps between the railings in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The boys are dressed in suits and ties; the girls in dresses. One priest stands in the back row another stands center front row. Photo #1? Undated.
Title: Cathedral High School, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Formal class photo of students standing outside on the steps in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Girls are grouped in the front rows, the boys in the back rows. One priest stands in the back. Photo #7. Undated.
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