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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Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Interiors
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    • Description: A ward in the Mary Fletcher Hospital with multiple beds separated by curtains.
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    Middlebury College Groups
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      • Description: Undated group photo of Russian Summer School faculty at Middlebury College. Identifiable persons in the front row, l.-r., are: Mrs. Tatiana Vacquier, Margaret (Mrs. Mischa) Fayer (3rd from left), Mrs. Berthe Normano, and Eleena Solova (?, far right). Identifiable men are, l.-r.: Aron Pressman, Nicholas Malzoff (3rd from left), Mischa H. Fayer, first dir. of the school, and Iury Ivask.
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      Middlebury College Groups
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        • Description: Group of adults [French Summer School faculty] assembled on benches outside one of the buildings on the Middlebury College campus. Undated. 1950s? Same group as mcalA13F07i10
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        Burlington High School Dramatic Productions
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          • Description: Undated portrait of a young actor and actress of a play production standing in costume (may be leading characters) on stage that is set as a living room. Painted walls simulate wallpaper. There is overstuffed furniture, windows. Photo #5.
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          Burlington High School Groups
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            • Description: Five high school music students are gathered in the music room in the old Edmunds High School building. Music storage shelves and a piano are behind the students as several look at selected sheet music. Second from right is Stuart Alexander, on the extreme right is Edward Dudley (band leader). Cropped version of photo appears in BHS yearbook Oread, 1954, p. 27. From left to right: Lyman Stone, Marilyn Jensen, Marjorie Stowe, Stuart Alexander, Edward ("Tony") Dudley.
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            Middlebury College Groups
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              • Date Created: 1957-1958
              • Description: 1957 (or '58) photo of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty. Identifiable persons, front row, are: Louise Kiefer (3rd from l.), and director Werner Neuse (center); back row (l.-r.): Fritz Tiller, Harold Lenz, and Herbert Lederer (2nd from r.). Enrollment in 1957 was 106; in '58, 110. Photo 8.
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              Landscapes
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                • Description: Uncaptioned photograph from a folder labeled "Landscapes, 1928-1932, n.d."
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                Lime Kiln, Colchester
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                  • Description: A photograph of the limestone quarry at the Lime Kiln in Colchester, Vermont; circa 1925. The tracks of the tramway that carried the stone to the kilns can be seen at the bottom of the photo.
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                  McAllister Memorabilia
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                    • Description: Formal studio portrait of a man sporting mutton chops style beard. On the back of the photo is printed "From the Photographic Studio of Dr. J. S. McAllister, Columbus, Neb." Is this L. L. McAllister's father?
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                    McAllister Memorabilia
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                      • Description: Photo of Louis McAllister later in life standing up in a skiff with paddle in hand out on a body of water. Location and date unknown. Another version is mcalA12F09i02.
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