Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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.
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Middlebury College - Spanish Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: Summer: 1958 photo of Middlebury College Spanish Summer School Faculty, in a group photograph taken in front of Mead Chapel. Identifiable members are, front row (l.-r.): Mr. Casalduero (center; black shirt, light jacket), Samuel Guarnaccia (far right, seated). Back row: Mr. Asensio (next to pillar, long tie).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Groups
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- Date Created: 1935-1936
- Description: 1935 or 1936 photo of military men in uniform outside gathered around a camp fire eating and drinking rations.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled on the school's stage. Photo #28.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Machinery
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- Date Created: 1935-1936
- Description: 1935 or 1936 photo of a man with a mallet working on a circular piece of machinery.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
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- Description: Undated photo of a large building with a clerestory ; Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, Vt. See another view mcalA01F17i07.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Landscapes - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered field with a grove of birch and evergreen trees in the background.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Landscapes - Unidentified
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- Date Created: circa 1930's
- Description: 1930s unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered dirt road with buildings seen to the side and in the distance. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Musical Ensembles
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- Date Created: 1951-1952
- Description: 1951 or 1952 photo of a large group of children of varying ages dressed in formal gowns and suits gathered on stage for a portrait. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Nazareth School - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 graduating class of Nazareth School in cap and gown. Engraved above the main entrance "Ecole Nazareth 1929" Photo #2. Priests are Rev. (Msgr.) Joseph Pariseau (wearing biretta) and Rev. William F. Laliberte.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Nazareth School - Graduates
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1958, with Rev. (Msgr.) Charles Marcoux, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, 1956-1970.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs