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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- Description: Middlebury College Spanish Summer School Faculty. Identifiable members are, front row (l.-r.): Angel Del Rio (2nd from l.), former dir. of the Span. school; Samuel Guarnaccia; Francisco Garcia-Lorca, dir. of Span. school and brother of playwright Federico Garcia-Lorca, and Mr. Casalduero. Back row: Mr. Manach (far right).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Russian Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 group photo of Russian Summer School faculty at Middlebury College. Identifiable persons in the front row, l.-r., are: Mrs. Berthe Normano (2nd from left), Margaret (Mrs. Mischa) Fayer (3rd from left), Anastasia Pressman, and Mrs. Tatiana Vacquier(far right). Men are, l.-r.: Iury Ivask, Mischa H. Fayer, first dir. of the school, Nicholas Malzoff (center), Nicolai Vorobiov, and Aron Pressman.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Spanish Summer School - Faculty
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- Description: (Somebody cracked a joke!) Middlebury College Spanish Summer School Faculty. Identifiable members are, front row (l.-r.): Francisco Garcia-Lorca (front row, center), dir. of Span. school and brother of playwright Federico Garcia-Lorca. Middle rows: Mr. Gonzalez-Lopez (3rd from l.) and Mr. Manach (2nd from r.) Back row: Joaquin Casalduero, Samuel Guarnaccia (2nd from r.)
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Summer School Groups - Unidentified
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- Description: Group of Middlebury College attendees, very likely graduate students or assistant faculty in one of the language schools. Dated 1949.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Summer School Groups - Unidentified
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- Description: Group of Middlebury College attendees, very likely graduate students or assistant faculty in one of the language schools. Dated 1949.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Officers
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 portrait photo of a military officer. Photo #6.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Officers
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 portrait photo of a military officer.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Equipment
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 photo of a pick axe head separated from its handle and bound together with leather straps displayed on a running board of a military vehicle.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Activities
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946/1947 portrait photo of boys' basketball team at Milton High School with trophy and Coach Raphael J. Morris (also Ass't Principal and Social Studies teacher) Also identified is Donald Ira Chamberlin (front row, far left, graduate Class of 1949) Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton Elementary School
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 Milton Elementary School class portrait. Photo #11.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs