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 Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
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    • Description: Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont. Undated.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
    Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
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      • Description: Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont. Undated.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Buildings - Interiors, Unidentified
      Buildings - Interiors, Unidentified
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        • Date Created: 1935/1936
        • Description: 1935/1936 Fall-Spring Very dark or underdeveloped photo of large metal units and machinery in a large open space building.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
        Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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          • Date Created: 1936-04-30
          • Description: April 30, 1936. Cooper-Bessimer engine being loaded into the body of a ferry being constructed by the General Ship & Engine Works in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company. The company was contracted to build both the City of Burlington and the City of Plattsburg ferries. Photo #14.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
          Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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            • Date Created: 1936
            • Description: 1936 photo of an engine room with Cooper Bessemer machinery.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Machinery
            Machinery
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              • Description: Close-up photo of a part of a machine. Dated 1949 / 1950.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
              Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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                • Description: Photo of the interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
                • 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, taken from an elevated vantage, of a large shop at Vt. Structural Steel: tools, tanks, machines, and piles of steel and steel products.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Machinery
                  Machinery
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                    • Description: Interior photo of a machine room.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Machinery
                    Machinery
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                      • Description: A large piece of machinery standing outside a building next to a door that has a sign on it reading "No admittance"
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs