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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99 Burlington (Vt.). 46 Buildings. 28 Business. 27 Street photography. 25 Construction projects. 21 Traffic accidents. 16 Architectural photography. 12 Animals. 12 Men. 12 Service stations. 11 Employees. 11 Landscape photography. 8 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 8 Burlington International Airport. 6 Dwellings. 6 Winooski (Vt.). 5 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Construction workers. 5 Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.). 5 Portrait photography. 5 Stores, Retail. 5 Women. 4 Hospitals. 4 Interior architecture. 4 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Soldiers. 4 Street signs. 4 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Trucks. 4 Urban parks. 3 Billboards. 3 Children. 3 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 3 Horses. 3 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 3 Police. 3 Theaters. 3 Vermont Emergency Relief Administration. 3 Vermont State Police. 3 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 3 Wreckers (Vehicles). 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Drugstores. 2 Factories. 2 Family. 2 Ferries. 2 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 2 Machinery. 2 Military supplies. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Railroad tracks. 2 Street-railroad tracks. 2 University of Vermont. 2 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 2 Women veterans. 1 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 1 Advertising. 1 Armed Forces -- Officers. 1 Auditoriums. 1 Barns. 1 Battery Park (Vt.). 1 Boats and boating. 1 Bridges. 1 Bristol (Vt.). 1 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 1 Cavalry. 1 Champlain Transportation Company. 1 Chapels. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Church buildings. 1 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Colchester (Vt.). 1 Convenience stores. 1 Dolls. 1 Essex Junction (Vt.). 1 Farmhouses. 1 Flag raising and lowering. 1 Fletcher Free Library. 1 Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.). 1 High school students. 1 Housing. 1 Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.). 1 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 1 Parades. 1 Post office buildings. 1 Railroad trains. 1 Santa Claus. 1 Sewage disposal. 1 Shelburne (Vt.). 1 Steamboats. 1 Ticonderoga (Steamship). 1 United States Work Projects Administration. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 1 Veterans.

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Miniature of Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
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    • Date Created: 1946
    • Description: 1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as Brown's Pharmacy and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was destroyed by arson in 1970, and rubble at the site was used to help build the Burlington bike path.
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    Miniature of Burlington Federal Savings
    Burlington Federal Savings
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      • Description: The Burlington Federal Savings building under construction. 1958.
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      Miniature of Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
      Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
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        • Description: Central Plant building of the Burlington Street Department
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        Miniature of Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)
        Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)
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          • Date Created: 1938-05-26
          • Description: May 26, 1938 view of Main Street near the intersection of South Union Street looking east up the hill showing smooth surfaced road. On the far right is a corner of Edmunds High School (Burlington High School). Earlier and later models of parked cars are seen on both sides of the street.
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          Miniature of Burlington Streets: Main Street (Lower)
          Burlington Streets: Main Street (Lower)
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            • Date Created: 1929-09-01
            • Description: Sept. 1, 1929. View of Main Street looking east up the hill from intersection of Church Street. Note the old trolley car tracks and overhead wires, also uneven and worn condition of the old brick pavement. This picture was taken just before constructing the new asphalt pavement by the city street dept., using the old brick pavement as a base. Parked cars and businesses line both sides of the street. On the right is the Strong Theatre with a sign along one side of the building advertising "Vermont home of Chilton Paint Co." In the distant center of photo a car cruises through the intersection of Main and South Winooski Ave.
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            Miniature of McAllister Memorabilia
            McAllister Memorabilia
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              • Description: Fender bender! Passenger side front wheel well crumpled and headlight rim dislodged. Date on license plate is 1958.
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              Miniature of UVM Ira Allen Chapel
              UVM Ira Allen Chapel
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                • Description: Ira Allen Chapel as seen from the north end of University Place. Other buildings include: Torrey Hall (behind chapel), Billings Library, Williams Hall, and Old Mill. 2 automobiles.
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                Miniature of Animals
                Animals
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                  • Date Created: undated
                  • Description: Photograph of a Boston Terrier with no collar or harness sitting in a car seat. May be the same dog as seen in mcalA11F16i37 sitting in a car with a woman.
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                  Miniature of Automobiles
                  Automobiles
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                    • Date Created: undated
                    • Description: Side view of an automobile parked in the driveway of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave ; taken from the right front.
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                    Miniature of Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)
                    Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)
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                      • Description: An overturned automobile lays in the intersection of upper Main Street. A small crowd of onlookers stand by the curb. This photo appears in Images of America Burlington, p. 67. May date from the 1920s.
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