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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290 Burlington (Vt.). 147 Buildings. 84 Stores, Retail. 83 Employees. 56 Street photography. 51 Machinery. 47 Men. 41 Portrait photography. 38 Interior architecture. 37 Advertising. 32 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 32 Service stations. 28 Automobiles. 28 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 26 Construction projects. 23 High school students. 23 Trucks. 20 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 20 Construction workers. 20 Department stores. 20 Women. 19 Architectural photography. 13 S.S. Kresge Company. 12 Family. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Offices. 10 Winooski (Vt.). 9 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Dwellings. 9 Restaurants. 8 Exhibit booths. 8 Exhibitions. 7 Auditoriums. 7 Boats and boating. 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Drugstores. 6 Bank buildings. 5 Beauty operators. 5 Painting. 5 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 5 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Convenience stores. 4 Cosmetics. 4 Dolls. 4 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Trailers. 3 A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc. 3 Animals. 3 Billboards. 3 Boys. 3 Church buildings. 3 Gas ovens. 3 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 3 Railroad tracks. 3 Refrigerators. 2 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Cows. 2 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Furniture. 2 Hotels. 2 House furnishings. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Puppets. 2 Stoves. 2 Toys. 2 Van Ness House. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Children. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Dairying -- Equipment and supplies. 1 Farms. 1 Flowers. 1 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Horses. 1 Infants. 1 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 1 Railroad trains. 1 Snow removal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Street signs. 1 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Theaters. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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Miniature of Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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    • Date Created: 1955
    • Description: 1955 photo of Linda Cummings (class of 1960) and her father, Mr. Baxter Cummings of the M. Baxter Cummings, Jr. Agency.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
    Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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      • Date Created: 1955
      • Description: 1955 photo of Linda Cummings (class of 1960) and her father, Mr. Baxter Cummings of the M. Baxter Cummings, Jr. Agency. Photo appears in the BHS yearbook Oread, p. 123.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
      Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
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        • Date Created: 1954
        • Description: 1954 Mr. William S. Preston, Sr. with BHS student, Ann Kolk (business manager of the Oread) at the F. J. Preston & Son jewelry store in Burlington. Photo appears in the 1954 BHS Oread, p. 34, Advertisements section.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
        Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
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          • Description: 1954 photo of Mr. George E. Little (seated) of George Little Press with Mr. George E. Little, Jr. and two BHS seniors (Roger Baker, left)
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Business Enterprises - C-D
          Business Enterprises - C-D
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            • Description: Close-up of the 1935/1936 photo of a railroad freight car and workmen with a load of Pabst Export Beer for the M. & F. C. Dorn Co, Inc. a bottling company located in the 1940s at 266 Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Business Enterprises - I-Z
            Business Enterprises - I-Z
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              • Date Created: 1945
              • Description: 1945 photo of White's Dairy Products located on College Street, Burlington.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Business Enterprises - I-Z
              Business Enterprises - I-Z
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                • Description: Elias Lyman Coal Company storage building with coal chutes. Undated.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of A.M. Kidder & Co.
                A.M. Kidder & Co.
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                  • Date Created: 1951
                  • Description: 1951 or 1952 display booth - A.M. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT, an investment firm.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of A.M. Kidder & Co.
                  A.M. Kidder & Co.
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                    • Date Created: 1950
                    • Description: 1950s display booth - A.M. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT; an investment firm.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
                    Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
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                      • Date Created: undated
                      • Description: Lake front Texaco buildings and tanks with view looking across Lake Champlain toward New York state.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs