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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Miniature of Middlebury College - French Summer School
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.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Middlebury College - French Summer School
    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.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
      Mount St. Mary's Academy - Chorus
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        • Date Created: 1960
        • Description: 1960 Mount St. Mary's Academy Chorus standing outside the school. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen) back row 3rd from right. Photo #11.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Graduates
        Mount St. Mary's Academy - Graduates
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          • Date Created: 1960
          • Description: 1960 portrait photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy graduates. Photo #21.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
          Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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            • Date Created: 1960
            • Description: 1960 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy younger students gathered outside on the steps of the school. Photo #6.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's Convent
            Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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              • Date Created: 1960
              • Description: Six Sisters of Mercy in the garden near the convent, perhaps novices, as indicated by the white veil, or professed sisters wearing cooler summer wear. Photo #29. Dated 1960.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
              Mt. St. Mary's - Basketball
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                • Date Created: 1960
                • Description: 1960 group portrait of Mt St Mary's basketball team outside on the grass dressed in school uniforms. Photo #23.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Middlebury College - Russian Summer School
                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
                  Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
                  Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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                    • Date Created: 1960
                    • Description: 1960 group photo of Mount St. Mary's Academy students gathered outside on the steps of the school. Identified is Therese Tessier (later Kneen), back row, 6th from left. Photo #8.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
                    Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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                      • Date Created: 1960-1961
                      • Description: 1960/1961. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. Manicures being given.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs