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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Automobiles - Accidents
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- Description: Close up of the crushed rear fender of a car that has been in an accident. Car is parked in the driveway of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. Taken 1935-1936 Fall-Spring
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Accidents
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- Description: Photo of a automobile that has been in a traffic accident. The hood of the car is seen on the ground exposing the engine. Taken 1935-1958. See other views mcalB01F15i06 and mcalB01F15i07. Fall-Spring
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (A-C)
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- Description: Amoco Station, corner of Grant St. at North Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vermont. Careys Service Auto Repair. Photo taken sometime between 1935 and 1960.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (A-C)
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- Description: Photo of Champlain Valley Fruit Co. 243 South Champlain Street. Photo taken sometime between 1935 and 1960. Fall-Spring.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (A-C)
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- Date Created: 1956/1957
- Description: 1956 - 1957 photo of corner of Grant Street and North Winooski Ave. Careys Service Auto Repair. Taken from the snowy driveway of McAllister's home at no. 47 No. Winooski Ave. .
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (D-G)
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- Description: C.H. Goss Co., car dealership of Dodge Plymouth at 237 North Ave. A dump truck and a George C. Stanley & Sons asphalt tank truck are seen parked out front. Dates 1945-1958.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (H-P)
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- Description: 1947 Employees and delivery truck in front of used car dealership and service station owned by Frank E. Patnaude; Lincoln, Mercury, used cars. Garages at 1 Pearl Street, Burlington, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
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- Date Created: 1946/1947
- Description: 1946/47 completed construction and expansion project at an auto sales and service in Winooski, Vermont; location may be somewhere along Main St. Could this be Roscoe's Garage at 262 Main St.? To the right is Bissonette Grocery at 254 Main.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs