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
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- Description: Group photo of adults at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont taken outside Pearsons Hall. Same group as mcalA13F07i02. Undated but may be 1920s or 1930s.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College Groups
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- Description: Group of men and women [Spanish Summer School faculty] assembled on the steps of Pearsons Hall on Middlebury College campus in Middlebury, Vermont. Photo 5.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College Groups
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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. Photo 3. Same group as mcalA13F08i21 and mcalA13F08i23.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Groups
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- Description: A large group of men and women [Russian Summer School faculty] assembled in four rows outside nearby building on Middlebury College campus in Middlebury, Vermont. Photo 6. Same group as in mcalA13F09i02.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Groups
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- Description: A group of men and women [Spanish Summer School faculty] on the steps outside Pearsons Hall on Middlebury College campus in Middlebury, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's
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- Description: Circa 1954-1957 students of Mount St. Mary's participate in a Christmas drive for the poor. Boxes and baskets of goods include canned food, clothing and toys. Some of the boxes are labeled for whom the gifts would be appropriate (e.g. adults, or children). A poster hangs in back listing special needs items wanted. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Description: Students of Mount St. Mary's, a private Catholic girls' school, in chemistry class. Some of the girls wear plastic aprons while the group stands around a large counter with chemistry equipment. School was located at 100 Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's - Student Activities
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- Description: Outside group photo of Mount St. Mary's girls basketball team in school uniforms. Girls kneel on the grass near a corner of the building. School was located at 100 Mansfield Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1954-1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Musical Ensembles
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- Description: Adult choral and orchestra groups assembled on stage. Location Burlington High School (Edmunds building) auditorium, Burlington, Vermont. Undated. Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Portraits, children, unidentified
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- Description: Eight young women and a little girl stand in the Sacred Heart Chapel of Mount St. Mary's Academy, Burlington, Vermont as participants of the Catholic ritual, May Crowning. The girls are dressed in gowns with the statue of the crowned Virgin Mary behind adorned with gladiolas. See also mcalA15F09i07
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs