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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L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
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- Date Created: 1930
- Description: 1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister seen back row, far right. Two family dogs included; a chihuahua and a collie. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
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L.L. McAllister - Family Portraits
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- Date Created: 1930
- Description: 1930s McAllister family portrait. L. L. McAllister absent from this exposure. His grandniece, Joanne Raymond is in front row right holding the colllie. Joanne's mother is front row left. Two family dogs included. Taken at the McAllister home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
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Machinery
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- Description: A large piece of machinery stands outside a building with corrugated metal siding.
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Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 photo of construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc. The upper most levels are still unfinished. Windows are in on the left side wing but not on the right wing.
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Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
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Marble Island - Lakefront
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- Description: A small shed with a fuel filling pump and a canoe are to the right. A wooden dock juts out into Lake Champlain. Birch and other trees surround the area. Date unknown. Marble Island, Colchester, Vt. - Lakefront. See also mcalA08F11i07
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Mary Fletcher Hospital - Nursing
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 group portrait of nursing staff at the Mary Fletcher Hospital. Are these volunteer Candy Stripers? Photo #1.
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Middlebury College - French Summer School
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 photo of the Middlebury College French Summer School Faculty. Among the senior faculty seated in the front row: Mme Moissu, Claude Bourcier, M. Guilloton, and Stephen Freeman, longtime professor of French, administrator, and historian of the Summer Language Schools. Enrollment in '60: 347.
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Middlebury College - German Summer School
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of large group of faculty (seated, front row) and students attending German Summer School at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, taken outside Pearsons Hall. Director Werner Neuse is seated 11th from the left. Photo no. 5.
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Middlebury College - Russian Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957?'58? photo of Russian Summer School faculty at Middlebury College. Identifiable teachers in front row (l.-r.) are: Tatiana Vacquier (3rd from l.), Margaret Fayer, Berthe Normano, and Aron Pressman. Standing: N. Maltzoff (3rd from l.) and Mischa Fayer (2nd from r.). Fayer directed the program from its beginning in 1945 until 1967.
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