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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Construction Sites
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- Date Created: 1953-12-04
- Description: December 4, 1953 photo of the interior of a building under construction. Two men stand center while workmen are seen in background.
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Dance Recitals
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of young tap dancers posing for their portrait. Photo 1.
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Disabled American Veterans
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- Description: A group of older men and one older woman gather for a group portrait. She wears a corsage, several of the men wear their organization's caps. A pin on one man's shirt reads "D.A.V." (Disabled American Veterans) Photo no. 1. See also mcalA19F01i20
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Landscapes - Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 unidentified winter landscape photo of a snow covered tree lined dirt road.
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Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
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- Description: Photo of a house Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
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Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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- Description: Photo of the interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
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Middlebury College - French Summer School
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 ('58?) photo of the French Summer School faculty. Senior faculty seated in the front row include (l. -r.): Stephen Freeman, M. Guilloton, Claude Bourcier, and Mme Moissu. Enrollment in '57 and '58: 313, 338. Junior faculty (standing)were recruited from France and other American colleges. Photo 4.
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Middlebury College - French Summer School
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- Description: French School Faculty: 1935/36 photo (no.4) of Middlebury College French Summer School faculty (+ dog), taken in front of the Chateau, which was built in 1925. Enrollment in 1935 and 1936 was 329 and 302 students, respectively. Front row center, in white trousers and shoes, is Andre Morize, professor of French and director of the French School(1925-1946). Behind him in white jacket is Stephen A. Freeman, instructor and later historian of the Middlebury Foreign Language Schools.
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Middlebury College - Russian Summer School
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of faculty and students at the Middlebury College Russian Summer School, assembled very likely near Forest Hall. School director, Mischa H. Fayer, and wife Margaret are seated 8th & 9th from the right. The school was founded in 1945 and became the fifth foreign language summer school at Middlebury College.
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Middlebury College - Italian Summer School
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- Description: Middlebury College Italian Summer School: faculty and students (enrollment in '35 was 53; 70 in '36). Identifiable faculty, seated in front row, are: Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello, 3rd from l.; Gabriella Bosano, dir. 1932-38; Louis Solano; a Miss Savoia; and Michele Cantarella, 3rd from r.
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