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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290 Burlington (Vt.). 147 Buildings. 84 Stores, Retail. 83 Employees. 56 Street photography. 51 Machinery. 47 Men. 41 Portrait photography. 38 Interior architecture. 37 Advertising. 32 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 32 Service stations. 28 Automobiles. 28 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 26 Construction projects. 23 High school students. 23 Trucks. 20 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 20 Construction workers. 20 Department stores. 20 Women. 19 Architectural photography. 13 S.S. Kresge Company. 12 Family. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Offices. 10 Winooski (Vt.). 9 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Dwellings. 9 Restaurants. 8 Exhibit booths. 8 Exhibitions. 7 Auditoriums. 7 Boats and boating. 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Drugstores. 6 Bank buildings. 5 Beauty operators. 5 Painting. 5 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 5 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Convenience stores. 4 Cosmetics. 4 Dolls. 4 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Trailers. 3 A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc. 3 Animals. 3 Billboards. 3 Boys. 3 Church buildings. 3 Gas ovens. 3 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 3 Railroad tracks. 3 Refrigerators. 2 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Cows. 2 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Furniture. 2 Hotels. 2 House furnishings. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Puppets. 2 Stoves. 2 Toys. 2 Van Ness House. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Children. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Dairying -- Equipment and supplies. 1 Farms. 1 Flowers. 1 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Horses. 1 Infants. 1 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 1 Railroad trains. 1 Snow removal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Street signs. 1 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Theaters. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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Miniature of Stores - Windows - Unidentified
Stores - Windows - Unidentified
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    • Date Created: 1935-1936
    • Description: 1935 - 1936 store window display, somewhat like a diorama, with puppets representing storybook content in general or that being read by a seated doll or mannequin in the foreground. Two other child size mannequins also in the foreground. See also mcalB18F30i01.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Stores - Windows - Unidentified
    Stores - Windows - Unidentified
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: "'Coke' Fashions for the Younger Set." Window display with several mannequins wearing, presumably, "Coke" apparel. A cooler with the brand logo, and a case of the product are part of the display. See also mcalB18F30i04.
      • 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 a shop at Vt. Structural Steel, with two employees moving a sheet of steel through a machine.
        • 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, somewhat underexposed, of an employee at Vt. Structural Steel standing in front of a large machine.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
          Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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            • Date Created: 1960-1961
            • Description: 1960/1961. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. Six students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Stores - Humphrey's (Burlington, VT)
            Stores - Humphrey's (Burlington, VT)
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              • Date Created: 1936
              • Description: Clothing store at 85 Church St., Burlington. Angled-panel window display features men's hats (fedoras) as well as 2 large ads for Mallory, apparently the brand on display.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
              Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
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                • Date Created: 1935
                • Description: 1935. Management team of Burlington Grocery Co., 47-49 Maple St., Burlington, VT. The Burl. City Directory listed the following administrative positions: Sam C. Blodgett, pres.; Edward F. Holbrook, vice pres.; and treas. William F. Holbrook.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
                Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
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                  • Date Created: 1945
                  • Description: IGA storefront in Burlington, Vt. (City Directory of 1946 does not list this business.) Identity of couple uncertain but very likely the owner and a customer.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
                  Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
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                    • Date Created: undated
                    • Description: Window display at Sherwin-Williams Paints advertising the 3 products (i.e. "triplets") made by Lin-X (clear gloss finishes).
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
                    Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
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                      • Date Created: undated
                      • Description: Back lot of Singer Sewing Machine Store, 23 Church St, Burlington, Vt.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs