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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Hi-Y Clubs
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of a boys' basketball team of the Burlington Hi-Y Club with coach. Photo #5.
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Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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- Date Created: circa 1950's
- Description: 1950s photo of house at Grant Street and North Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vt.
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Middlebury College - Russian Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: Taken very likely the same day as "undated" mcalB11F08i19, this 1958 photo of Russian Summer School faculty at Middlebury College includes, in the front row: Tatiana Vacquier, Margaret Fayer, Berthe Normano, Catherine Wolkonsky (2nd from r.); and, in the back row, Mischa Fayer (2nd from l.) and Aron Pressman (3rd from r.).
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Middlebury College - Summer School Groups - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: Group of Middlebury College attendees, very likely graduate students or assistant faculty in one of the language schools. Dated 1949.
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Military Equipment
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 photo showing a variety of military supplies, equipment and weapons.
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Little League Baseball
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- Date Created: circa 1940's
- Description: Mid 1940s (or 1961?) group portrait of the Mud Alley Midgets little league boys baseball team. Letter MAM seen on their caps. Photo #1.
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Lyman C. Hunt Junior High
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- Description: Undated group portrait of students at the Lyman C. Hunt Junior High School, Burlington, Vt. Photo #2.
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Machinery
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- Description: Photo of a large piece of machinery with rollers and gears located outside a building seen in the background.
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Machinery
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- Date Created: circa 1930's
- Description: 1930s interior view of a machine room.
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Middlebury College - French Summer School
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: French School Faculty: 1947 photo taken in front of the Chateau Francais. Senior faculty seated in front row are, l.-r.: Stephen Freeman, [unidentified], Claude Bourcier, [unidentified], Mr. Guilloton, Mme Guilloton, [unidentified], Mme Gall-Bernot, and Mme Moussu. Younger faculty (standing) were recruited from France to maintain the authenticity of spoken French and enhance the instruction of French culture. Enrollment in 1947: 361.
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