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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Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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- Date Created: 1960-1961
- Description: 1960/1961. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. Manicures being given.
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Middlebury College Groups
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 photo of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty. Identifiable persons, front row (l.-r.) are: Louise Kiefer (2nd from l.), and director Werner Neuse (3rd from r.); back row (l.-r.): Fritz Tiller (4th from l.), Henry Remak (5th from r.), and Herbert Lederer (4th from r.). Enrollment in 1960 was 176.
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Middlebury College - French Summer School
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 photo of the Middlebury College French Summer School Faculty. Among the senior faculty seated in the front row: Mme Moissu, Claude Bourcier, M. Guilloton, and Stephen Freeman, longtime professor of French, administrator, and historian of the Summer Language Schools. Enrollment in '60: 347.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside on the steps of the school. Identified is Mary Tessier, back row, center. Photo #9.
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Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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- Date Created: 1960-1961
- Description: 1960/1961. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. Six students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo.
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Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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- Date Created: 1960-1961
- Description: 1960/1961. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. Three women get their hair washed in a beauty salon or cosmetology school. Two the beauticians are men. Photo #8. See also mcalB18F07i02
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside on the steps of the school. Photo #14.
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Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside on the steps of the school. Photo #3.
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Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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- Date Created: 1960-1961
- Description: 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 #4. See also mcalA15F06i15
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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- Date Created: 1960-1961
- Description: 1960/1961. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. Facials being given. Photo #7.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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