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 - Russian Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 photo of Russian Summer School faculty. Identifiable faculty in the front row (l.-r.) are: Tatiana Vacquier (2nd from l.), Margaret Fayer, Eleena Solova (2nd from r.), and Anastasia Pressman. Men in 2nd row: Mischa Fayer (2nd from l.) and Aron Pressman (far right). Building in background looks like Forest Hall.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Russian Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 photo of Russian Summer School faculty. Identifiable faculty in the front row (l.-r.) are: Tatiana Vacquier (2nd from l.), Margaret Fayer, Eleena Solova (2nd from r.), and Anastasia Pressman. Men in 2nd row: Mischa Fayer (2nd from l.) and Aron Pressman (far right). Building in background looks like Forest Hall.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Russian Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 photo of Russian Summer School faculty. Identifiable faculty in the front row (l.-r.) are: Tatiana Vacquier (2nd from l.), Margaret Fayer, Eleena Solova (2nd from r.), and Anastasia Pressman. Men in 2nd row: Mischa Fayer (2nd from l.) and Aron Pressman (far right). Building in background looks like Forest Hall.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Equipment
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 photo of a military vehicle; an automobile with display of tools on running board and tire chains laid out on grass.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Spanish Summer School - Faculty
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- Description: Summer: Middlebury College Spanish Summer School Faculty. Identifiable members are, front row (l.-r.): Angel Del Rio (2nd from l.), former dir. of the Span. school; Samuel Guarnaccia; Francisco Garcia-Lorca, dir. of Span. school and brother of playwright Federico Garcia-Lorca, and Mr. Casalduero. Back row: Mr. Manach (far right).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Equipment
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 close up photo of the side of a military vehicle identified as 7th F. A. Btry E. 1 showing attached metal container and an axe. Field Artillery
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Groups
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- Description: Poster or Roster of the men of Battery A-187th Co F.A. (Field Artillery) stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont including "Irish" the dog. Portraits include Capt. McLeer, 1st Lt. Ryan, Lt. White and Cadet Andrews among others. Date on roster is 1942. Photo dated 1944.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Officers
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- Date Created: 1935
- Description: 1935 or 1936 portrait photo of two military officers. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Building
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 view of the Milton High School building's front door entrance.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Milton High School - Class Pictures
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 Milton school student class picture. Photo #8.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs