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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Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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- Description: Undated photo of interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
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- Description: Photo of a house with an enclosed upper story porch. Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT. See also mcalA11F16i12
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 Construction of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim Mead & White. Builders Vermilya-Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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- Date Created: 1951
- Description: 1951 snowy view of the construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mary Fletcher Hospital - Staff
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 group portrait of the Mary Fletcher Hospital Lab Aids staff outside on the steps. Overhead on the building can be seen the words "Mary Fletcher Hospital" Photo #3.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - German Summer School
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of Middlebury College German Summer School faculty. Identifiable persons, front row (l.-r.) are: director Werner Neuse (center)and Louise Kiefer (far r.); back row (l.-r.): Fritz Tiller (2nd from l.). Enrollment in 1952 was 59.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Russian Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1956
- Description: 1956 photo of Russian Summer School faculty. Identifiable women in the front row are, l.-r.: Tatiana Vacquier, Margaret Fayer (3rd from l.), and Berthe Normano (center). Men in back row, l.-r.: Aron Pressman, Nicholas Maltzoff (3rd from l.), Mischa Fayer, and Iury Ivask.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Middlebury College - Russian Summer School - Faculty
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: Taken very likely the same day as "undated" mcalB11F08i19, this 1958 photo of Russian Summer School faculty at Middlebury College includes, in the front row: Tatiana Vacquier, Margaret Fayer, Berthe Normano, Catherine Wolkonsky (2nd from r.); and, in the back row, Mischa Fayer (2nd from l.) and Aron Pressman (3rd from r.).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs