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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Machinery
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    • Description: A large piece of machinery standing outside a building next to a door that has a sign on it reading "No admittance"
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    Machinery
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      • Date Created: 1948-1949
      • Description: Dated 1948 / 1949. Photo of Machine cabinet closed.
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      Machinery
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        • Date Created: 1948-1949
        • Description: Dated 1948 / 1949. Photo of Machine cabinet with door open.
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        Malletts Bay - Colchester, VT
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          • Date Created: 1935-1936
          • Description: 1935 /1936 summer photo of children and adults enjoying Lake Champlain as seen at Malletts Bay in Colchester, Vermont.
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          Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
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            • Description: Undated wintertime photo of the Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. building.
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            Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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              • Description: Photo of interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. showing various machines. 1940s?
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              May Crowning
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                • Date Created: 1948-1949
                • Description: 1948/1949 photo of young girls standing with several women and a priest as part of May Crowning, a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May whereby an image or likeness of the Blessed Virgin is ceremonially crowned recognizing her as Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God. This may be Mother's Day.
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                Middlebury College - French Summer School
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                  • Date Created: 1952
                  • Description: 1952 photo of French Summer School faculty. Building in the background may be the Chateau Francais (built 1925) at Middlebury. Among the identifiable faculty seated in front are Stephen Freeman, Claude Bourcier, M. & Mme Guilloton, Mme Moissu. Enrollment in '52: 270 students. Photo 4.
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                  Middlebury College - German Summer School
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                    • Date Created: 1958
                    • Description: 1958 photo of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty. Identifiable persons, front row (l.-r.) are: Wolfgang Stechow, director Werner Neuse (4th from l.) and Fritz Tiller (far r.); back row (l.-r.): Herbert Lederer, Joachim Seyppel, and Henry Remak from Indiana U. (3rd from l.). Enrollment in 1958 was 110.
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                    Middlebury College - German Summer School
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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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