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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Mount St. Mary's - Class Pictures
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo on and in front of the stage. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Graduations
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- Description: Formal graduation class photo at the private Catholic girls' school, Mount St. Mary's in Burlington, Vermont. Taken outside. Circa 1956-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Graduations
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- Description: Graduating students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo outside on the front steps. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1956-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Graduations
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- Description: Graduating students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, assemble for a formal class photo outside on the front steps. School was located on Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1956-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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- Date Created: 1952-02-10
- Description: February 10, 1952. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Staff
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- Description: Group photo of male staff at the Mary Fletcher Hospital. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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- Description: Philco radio exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing radio sets for the home.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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- Description: Automotive exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing various automotive accessories and supplies sold by Yandow Tire & Battery Co. See also mcalB01F19i14
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: Group of adults [Spanish Summer School faculty] assembled on the steps of Pearsons Hall on the Middlebury College campus. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College Groups
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 photo of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty. Identifiable persons, front row (l.-r.) are: Wolfgang Stechow, director Werner Neuse (4th from l.) and Fritz Tiller (far r.); back row (l.-r.): Herbert Lederer, Joachim Seyppel, and Henry Remak from Indiana U. (3rd from l.). Enrollment in 1958 was 110. Same group as mcalA13F07i14.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs