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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99 Burlington (Vt.). 46 Buildings. 28 Business. 27 Street photography. 25 Construction projects. 21 Traffic accidents. 16 Architectural photography. 12 Animals. 12 Men. 12 Service stations. 11 Employees. 11 Landscape photography. 8 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 8 Burlington International Airport. 6 Dwellings. 6 Winooski (Vt.). 5 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Construction workers. 5 Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.). 5 Portrait photography. 5 Stores, Retail. 5 Women. 4 Hospitals. 4 Interior architecture. 4 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Soldiers. 4 Street signs. 4 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Trucks. 4 Urban parks. 3 Billboards. 3 Children. 3 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 3 Horses. 3 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 3 Police. 3 Theaters. 3 Vermont Emergency Relief Administration. 3 Vermont State Police. 3 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 3 Wreckers (Vehicles). 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Drugstores. 2 Factories. 2 Family. 2 Ferries. 2 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 2 Machinery. 2 Military supplies. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Railroad tracks. 2 Street-railroad tracks. 2 University of Vermont. 2 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 2 Women veterans. 1 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 1 Advertising. 1 Armed Forces -- Officers. 1 Auditoriums. 1 Barns. 1 Battery Park (Vt.). 1 Boats and boating. 1 Bridges. 1 Bristol (Vt.). 1 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 1 Cavalry. 1 Champlain Transportation Company. 1 Chapels. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Church buildings. 1 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Colchester (Vt.). 1 Convenience stores. 1 Dolls. 1 Essex Junction (Vt.). 1 Farmhouses. 1 Flag raising and lowering. 1 Fletcher Free Library. 1 Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.). 1 High school students. 1 Housing. 1 Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.). 1 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 1 Parades. 1 Post office buildings. 1 Railroad trains. 1 Santa Claus. 1 Sewage disposal. 1 Shelburne (Vt.). 1 Steamboats. 1 Ticonderoga (Steamship). 1 United States Work Projects Administration. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 1 Veterans.

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Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
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    • Description: 1950 Yandow Motor Co. located at 11-15 So Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vt. Pontiac motor car sales, show room and service. Harry A. Yandow, proprietor.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
    Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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      • Date Created: 1951/1952
      • Description: 1951/1952 Written on back of photo National Guard Armory
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Business Enterprises - A-B
      Business Enterprises - A-B
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        • Date Created: 1935/1936
        • Description: 1935/1936 photo of Burlington Electric Motor Service.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Business Enterprises - I-Z
        Business Enterprises - I-Z
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          • Date Created: 1952
          • Description: 1952 photo of Ernest Lesage Fuel Service, located at 104 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, Vermont.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Military Equipment
          Military Equipment
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            • Date Created: 1930
            • Description: 1930s photo of military vehicles; cars and trucks.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Oakledge, Burlington, VT
            Oakledge, Burlington, VT
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              • Date Created: 1945-1946
              • Description: 1945/1946 photo of Flynn Ave and Shelburne Road, looking northeast. Damaged sign advertising "Oakledge Manor on Lake Champlain". The Elizabeth Lund Home, 346 Shelburne Rd., can be seen through the trees. (Can anyone identify this type of automobile?)
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Construction Sites
              Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Construction Sites
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                • Date Created: 1951
                • Description: 1951 photo of a construction site, where the steel frame of the building is complete or near completion. Site is unknown but probably downtown Burlington. Several (now vintage) automobiles parked nearby.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
                Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
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                  • Date Created: 1946
                  • Description: 1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as a drugstore and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was destroyed by arson in 1970, and rubble at the site was used to help build the Burlington bike path.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers
                  Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers
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                    • Date Created: undated
                    • Description: Photograph of a damaged automobile.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
                    Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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                      • Date Created: 1934-08
                      • Description: Cavalry Reserve Officers Artillery Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. August 1934. Group of standing and seated military with row of parked automobiles behind them. Photo #13.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs