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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91 Burlington (Vt.). 83 Business. 81 Portrait photography. 58 Men. 45 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 44 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 39 Buildings. 31 Machinery. 22 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 22 Women. 11 Automobiles. 11 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 10 Construction workers. 10 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 10 Offices. 9 Hospitals. 9 Restaurants. 8 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 8 Service stations. 8 Trucks. 8 Winooski (Vt.). 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Urban parks. 6 Architectural photography. 5 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Interior architecture. 5 Nurses. 5 Quarries and quarrying. 5 Stores, Retail. 5 Young men. 4 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Young women. 3 Camps. 3 Children. 3 Factories. 3 Flag raising and lowering. 3 Furniture. 3 Gas ovens. 3 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 2 Athletics. 2 Boys. 2 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 2 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 2 College students. 2 Construction projects. 2 Grand Isle (Vt.). 2 High school students. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Sand and gravel mines and mining. 2 Sideshows. 2 Stoves. 2 Street photography. 2 Totem poles. 2 Williston (Vt.). 1 Advertising. 1 Animals. 1 Boats and boating. 1 Cafeterias. 1 Camping. 1 Champlain Transportation Company. 1 Church buildings. 1 Circus performers. 1 Classrooms. 1 Convenience stores. 1 Cows. 1 Department stores. 1 Dwellings. 1 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Family. 1 High school athletes. 1 Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.). 1 Nuns. 1 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 1 Priests. 1 Refuse and refuse disposal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Van Ness House. 1 Waste disposal sites.

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Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
Vermont Structural Steel
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    • Description: Office of Vermont Structural Steel with engineers working at drafting tables. 1951.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
    Vermont Structural Steel
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      • Description: Interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building filled with machinery and supplies. Employees work with huge beams and steel plates. 1951.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
      Vermont Structural Steel
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        • Date Created: 1951
        • Description: 1951 photo of an employee of Vermont Structural Steel turns one of the four locks to a large box shaped container with an open door. Photo #52.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington City Hall Park
        Burlington City Hall Park
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          • Date Created: 1938-06-04 00:00:00
          • Description: June 4, 1938. City Hall Park, Burlington, groundskeepers
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
          Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
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            • Date Created: 1934-07-20 00:00:00
            • Description: July 20, 1934. P.W.A DOCKET NO. 2215 A view of the Central Plant with entrances to the office, garages, open sheds and stables.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Staff
            Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Staff
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              • Description: Group photo of doctors, nurses and staff of the Mary Fletcher Hospital.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Sewer Tile Construction Plant
              Sewer Tile Construction Plant
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                • Date Created: 1937-03-04
                • Description: March 4, 1937. View of a sewer pipe construction plant. Pipes were once made of clay or concrete tiles formed around a hollow core. Could this be the Justis Vault Co. on Riverside Ave, Burlington?
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
                Vermont Structural Steel
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                  • Description: Interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building filled with machinery and supplies. 1951.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Burlington High School Groups
                  Burlington High School Groups
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                    • Date Created: 1953-1954
                    • Description: 1953/1954 Burlington High School photographer, Roger Baker, with camera and flash bulb attachment gets ready to take a photo of Miss Cora Hutchins, a Burlington High School senior high counselor, holding a telephone receiver and seated at a wooden desk in a school office. A drawer of index cards are on the desk. Behind may be a mimeograph machine. Taken in the Edmunds High School building. A cropped version of this photo appears on p. 20 of BHS yearbook Oread 1954.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (H-P)
                    Automobiles - Sales and Service (H-P)
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                      • Date Created: 1947
                      • Description: 1947 Employees and delivery truck in front of used car dealership and service station owned by Frank E. Patnaude; Lincoln, Mercury, used cars. 1 Pearl Street, Burlington, Vt.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs