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: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt? Photo #2.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt? Photo #3.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt? Photo #2.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their high school building each holding a diploma. Is this Nazareth later St. Joseph's in Burlington, Vt?
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. All wear the same color gowns. Partly visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont."
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. Partly visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont."
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. All wear the same color gowns. Visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." Photo #1.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. Girls in light color gowns; boys in dark. Visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." Photo #3.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. Girls are in light colored gowns; boys in dark. Visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." Photo #1.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. All wear same colored gowns. Partly visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont."
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside in front of their school. All wear same colored gowns. Visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." An older man stands in the back to the left. Photo #4.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside taken at a slight angle in front of their school. All wear same colored gowns. Visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." An older man stands in the back to the left. Photo #5.
Title: Graduations - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of graduates in cap and gown gathered outside taken at a slight angle in front of their school. All wear same colored gowns. Visible overhead in the background is "Memorial School." A small sign on the wall to the right reads, "Standard School Vermont." An older man stands in the back to the left. Photo #3.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A high school art class is in progress. Uniformed (Catholic?) female students shown working on their paintings; some are at their easels, others sit at a long wooden table. Their instructor looks on. Two paintings have a religious theme; one is a Madonna and Child and another is of the Last Supper.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A high school history class is seen with six female uniformed (Catholic?) students focused on a large map showing the campaigns and empire of Alexander (the Great).
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Uniformed (Catholic?) high school girls eat a meal at small cafeteria type lunch tables. High curtained windows are seen as well as a hard wood floor.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
High school home economics class is seen here with uniformed (Catholic?) female students operating a sewing machines, looking through a book or cutting fabric. A crucifix and picture of Jesus hang on the wall. The class instructor looks on.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two uniformed students of Mount St Mary's Academy (a school for girls located in Burlington, Vermont) gather at the piano in one of the school's large rooms. The plaid curtains and checkered linoleum floor are seen in other photos taken at the school.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A cast of actresses gather near the stage set for a production. Location Mount St Mary's Academy in Burlington, Vermont.
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