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
Showing 1861 - 1870 of 9221 Records
Middlebury College - German Summer School
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- Description: Undated photo of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty, with director Werner Neuse (5th from r.). All the men are wearing white shirts with ties--a first!
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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.
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Middlebury College - Russian Summer School
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- Description: Faculty (and students?) at the Russian Summer School, Middlebury College, 1958, with Stewart Hall (dormitory) in the background. Identifiable faculty, standing in 2nd row, include (l.-r.): George Taskin (3rd from l.); Nicholas Timasheff; Mischa Mayer (with bowtie) and wife Margaret; Nicholas Poltoratzky; and Nicholas Efremov.
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Middlebury College - Russian Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 photo of Russian Summer School faculty at Middlebury College. Identifiable faculty (l.-r.) in the front row: Margaret Fayer (4th from l.), Nicholas Timasheff, Catherine Wolkonsky, and Berthe Normano (2nd from r.). In the 2nd row (l.-r.) are: George Taskin (3rd from l.), Mischa Fayer (4th from r.) and N. Vorobiov (far right). 3rd row: N. Poltoratzky (center).
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Middlebury College - Russian Summer School - Faculty
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- Description: This undated photo is dated as "Summer of 1958" in Stephen A. Freeman's history of the Foreign Language Schools at Middlebury College (p. 146). Faculty members are, l.-r.: N. Efremov, N. Timasheff, M. Fayer, Margaret Fayer, N. Polto-ratzky, B. Normano, and G. Taskin.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Summer School Groups - Unidentified
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- Description: Group of Middlebury College attendees, very likely graduate students or assistant faculty in one of the language schools. Dated 1956.
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Middlebury College - Summer School Groups - Unidentified
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- Description: Group of Middlebury College attendees, very likely graduate students or assistant faculty in one of the language schools. Dated 1960.
- 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 belonging to the 7th F. A. Btry. D showing placement of a pick axe behind the truck's cab. (Field Artillery)
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Military Groups
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- Date Created: 1935
- Description: 1935 or 1936 photo of military men firing cannon. Ethan Allen Artillery Range? Photo #45.
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Military Groups
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- Date Created: 1935
- Description: 1935 or 1936 group portrait of the men of the A & B Co. Men hold a flag or banner identifying the military company.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs