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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Middlebury College - Groups, Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 group portrait of women outside in front of the Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Groups, Unidentified
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- Date Created: 1946
- Description: 1946 group portrait of men outside in front of the Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. Photo #9.
- 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
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 ('58?) photos of students and faculty at the Middlebury College Russian Summer School. Director Mischa H. Fayer is seated in the front row (6th from right) with other faculty. Instructors and staff that can be identified are (to the right of the nun): Ivask, Normano, Tacquier, Maltzoff, A. Pressman, M. Fayer, E. Solova?, Mrs. Fayer, A. Pressman.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - German Summer School
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- Description: "Undated" but same as 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 - 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); Mr. Menendez-Pidal? (3rd from r.); Samuel Guarnaccia (far right, seated). Seated near right pillar: Mr Gonzalez-Lopez. Back row: Mr. Asensio (next to pillar, long tie).
- 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 and students. Many faculty members, including director Werner Neuse, are in the 2nd row. Building is Pearsons Hall.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Equipment
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- Date Created: 1937
- Description: 1937 photo of a military vehicle; a truck with equipment and tire chains laid out on the grass. 7th F. A. Btry. D (Field Artillery)
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Groups
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- Date Created: 1935
- Description: 1935 or 1936 group photo of military officers, mess kitchen crew, soldiers assembled near a row of tents along with the company dog. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Military Groups
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- Date Created: 1945
- Description: 1945 photo of a group of ladies seated in the back of a military jeep. An American flag is seen flying.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs