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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Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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- Description: Photo of hardware laid out showing metal screws and plates of various kinds.
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Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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- Description: Marine exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing motor boat equipment and accessories being sold by Chiott's Marine Distributors. Photo #1.
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Middlebury College Groups
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty. Identifiable persons, front row, are: director Werner Neuse (3rd from r.) and Louise Kiefer (2nd from r.); back row (l.-r.): Harold Lenz, Herbert Lederer, Joachim Seyppel. Enrollment in 1956 was 79.
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Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: Group of adults [French Summer School faculty] assembled outside one of the buildings on the Middlebury College campus. Undated.
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Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: Large group of adults [Russian Summer School faculty and students] assembled on benches outside one of the buildings on the Middlebury College campus. Undated.
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Middlebury College Groups
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- Date Created: 1960
- Description: 1960 photo of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty. Identifiable persons, front row (l.-r.) are: Louise Kiefer (2nd from l.), and director Werner Neuse (3rd from r.); back row (l.-r.): Fritz Tiller (4th from l.), Henry Remak (5th from r.), and Herbert Lederer (4th from r.). Enrollment in 1960 was 176.
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Middlebury College Groups
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- Date Created: 1957-1958
- Description: 1957 (or '58) photo of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty. Identifiable persons, front row, are: Louise Kiefer (3rd from l.), and director Werner Neuse (center); back row (l.-r.): Fritz Tiller, Harold Lenz, and Herbert Lederer (2nd from r.). Enrollment in 1957 was 106; in '58, 110.
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Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: Large group of men and women [Russian Summer School faculty]assembled near one of the Middlebury College campus buildings in Middlebury, Vermont. Photo 2.
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Middlebury College Groups
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- Date Created: 1959
- Description: 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. Photo 6.
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Middlebury College - Summer School Groups
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of large group of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty (seated, front row) and students, taken outside Pearsons Hall. Director Werner Neuse is seated 11th from the left. Photo 5.
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