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 - German Summer School
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of a large group of faculty and students at the German Summer School at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. The building is Pearsons Hall. Werner Neuse, director of the German School and longtime professor of German at Middlebury College, is seated in the front row, 9th from the left.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - German Summer School
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 1959 photo of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty. Identifiable persons, front row (l.-r.) are: Louise Kiefer (far l.) and director Werner Neuse (4th from r.); back row (l.-r.): Fritz Tiller, Joachim Seyppel (3rd from l.), and Herbert Lederer (5th from l.). Enrollment in 1959 was 155.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Russian Summer School
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 photo of faculty (and students?) at the Middlebury College Russian Summer School. Seated in the front row, l.-r., are: Nicolai Vorobiov, George Taskin, Nicholas Timasheff, Margaret and Mischa Fayer, Nicholas Poltoratzky, and Berthe Normano, executive secretary of the school.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Russian Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Russian Summer School faculty. Identifiable women in the front row are, l.-r.: Tatiana Vacquier, Margaret Fayer (3rd from l.), and Berthe Normano (center). Men in back row, l.-r.: Aron Pressman, Nicholas Maltzoff (3rd from l.), Mischa Fayer, and Iury Ivask.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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- Date Created: circa 1930's
- Description: 1930s photo of a cottage by a lake and along a dirt road with a building next door with a sign offering hot dogs, ice cold sodas and ice cream for sale. For another view see mcalB09F24i17
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: Another view of a building's foundation seen covered with snow. A multi door garage or shed is in the background. Dated 1951.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
J.F. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of a hand operated tool, The Little Blacksmith, manufactured by the J.F. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Spanish Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: Summer: 1958 photo of Middlebury College Spanish Summer School Faculty, in a group photograph taken in front of Mead Chapel. Identifiable members are, front row (l.-r.): Mr. Casalduero (center; black shirt, light jacket), Samuel Guarnaccia (far right, seated). Back row: Mr. Asensio (next to pillar, long tie).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Groups
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- Date Created: 1935-1936
- Description: 1935 or 1936 photo of military men in uniform outside gathered around a camp fire eating and drinking rations.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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- Date Created: 1954
- Description: 1954 portrait photo of the Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus assembled on the school's stage. Photo #28.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs