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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Miniature of Machinery
Machinery
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    • Description: Photo of a large piece of machinery with rollers and gears located outside a building seen in the background.
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    Miniature of Machinery
    Machinery
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      • Date Created: circa 1930's
      • Description: 1930s interior view of a machine room.
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      Miniature of Machinery
      Machinery
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        • Date Created: 1956-1957
        • Description: 1956/1957 photo of wooden link chains McAllister carved from a broom handle showing the process for making the chain using a coping saw and clamp. Taken in the cellar of his home at 47 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Other photos of his are seen to the far right. See also mcalA12F12i06 under McAllister Memorabilia and mcalB16F13i24 for similar setting.
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        Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
        Portraits - Individuals
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          • Date Created: 1951
          • Description: A workman uses a wrench to tighten a bolt as he works on a vertical chute or conveyor belt. He stands in an open commercial room with a brick floor. Heavy industrial size pipes seen in background to the left. Dated 1951.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
          Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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            • Date Created: circa 1951
            • Description: Ca. 1951 photo of the interior of a large warehouse and shop at Vt. Structural Steel.
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            Miniature of Machinery
            Machinery
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              • Description: Photo of the interior of a machine room filled with various machines and tools. A man stands working at a machine. See also mcalA12F14i04 for another view.
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              Miniature of Machinery
              Machinery
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                • Description: Photo with descriptive labels pointing to various parts of the 620 Front Machine.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
                Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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                  • Description: McCormick Deering Farm Equipment exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing various farm and dairy supplies and equipment such as milking machines, cream separators. Embossed with McAllister's name in lower right corner.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Road Construction
                  Road Construction
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                    • Date Created: 1928-09-10
                    • Description: September 10, 1928. Crew members work with a tank truck pouring and smoothing road surface on a strip of road.
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                    Miniature of Machinery
                    Machinery
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                      • Description: View of a room with Cooper Bessemer machinery at Penick & Ford. Noted as being the country's third largest maker of corn products in 1931. See also mcalA14F14i03
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs