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 Blodgett Oven Company
Blodgett Oven Company
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    • Description: 1947/1949 Employees work on the assembly line of the oven manufacturing firm G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc. located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Advertised as being "the largest industrial oven manufacturing concern in the world"
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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    Blodgett Oven Company
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      • Description: 1947/1949 View of the assembly line at the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens as employees work on assembling the body of the stove. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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      Blodgett Oven Company
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        • Description: 1947/1949 An employee of the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens is seen working with a hose on one of the double deck ovens. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Photo #4.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
        Blodgett Oven Company
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          • Description: 1947/1949 An employee of the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens, is seen working on the body of an oven on the assembly line. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Business Enterprises - E-H
          Business Enterprises - E-H
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            • Description: Elias Lyman Coal Company Undated.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Staff
            Camp Abnaki - Staff
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              • Date Created: 1943
              • Description: 1943 photo of Camp Abnaki staff wearing logo medallions pinned to their clothing. Photo #9.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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              Camp Abnaki - Staff
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                • Description: 1950 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff; perhaps counselors as they are all young men. Photo #5.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                Camp Abnaki - Staff
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                  • Date Created: 1955
                  • Description: 1955 photo of Camp Abnaki staff seated on and in front of the steps of one of the main buildings. Photo #6.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                  Camp Abnaki - Staff
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                    • Date Created: 1958
                    • Description: 1958 photo of Camp Abnaki staff with infant in its father's lap seated in the front row. Photo #3.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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                    Camp Abnaki - Staff
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                      • Description: Five men stand in front of the Camp Abnaki totem pole. Undated. Photo #10.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs