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.
Revised April, 2010
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Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 photo of members of the Mt St Mary's basketball team posing for a group portrait in the gymnasium in M formation. Photo #15.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Buildings and Surroundings
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy, a private Catholic school for girls, located in Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
- 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 #25.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus standing outside the school. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) back row 3rd from right. Photo #12
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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- Date Created: 1961
- Description: 1961 group portrait of the Mount St. Mary's Academy chorus in choir robes standing outside on the steps of the school along with one of the Sisters of Mercy. Photo #28.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - German Summer School
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of large group of faculty (seated, front row) and students attending German Summer School at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, taken outside Pearsons Hall. Director Werner Neuse is seated 11th from the left. Photo no. 6.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Groups, Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 group portrait of women outside in front of the Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Russian Summer School
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 photo* faculty and students at the Middlebury College Russian Summer School. Seated in the front row, l.-r., are: Nicolai Vorobiov, George Taskin, Nicholas Timasheff, Margaret and Mischa Fayer, Nicholas Poltoratzky, and Berthe Normano, executive secretary of the school. Photo #2. *(See duplicate photos mcalB11F07i15 & mcalB11F07i16, which are dated more plausibly 1960.)
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Spanish Summer School - Faculty
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- Description: Middlebury College Spanish Summer School Faculty. Identifiable members are, front row (l.-r.): Mrs. Gonzalez-Lopez (Mr. G.-Lopez directly behind her); Francisco Garcia-Lorca (4th from l.), dir. of the Spanish School and brother of playwright Federico Garcia-Lorca. Back row: Mr. Casalduero (2nd from r.), Samuel Guarnaccia.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs