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 Well Drillers
Well Drillers
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    • Date Created: 1935-1936
    • Description: 1935 / 1936 photo of well drillers and well drilling machine.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Shelburne Shipyard
    Shelburne Shipyard
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      • Description: Photo of the heavy chains part of the machinery that maneuvers the heavy boats at the Shelburne Shipyard.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Shelburne Shipyard
      Shelburne Shipyard
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        • Description: View while on the cradle hauled out on track looking toward the Marine Railway building at the Shelburne Shipyard. Undated but late 1920s, early 1930?
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Road Construction
        Road Construction
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          • Date Created: 1931-08-28
          • Description: August 28, 1931. View of a Burlington residential street under construction. Members of the road crew of the Burlington Street Dept work along side a cement mixer. Piles of bags of Lone Star are seen lined all along the work site.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Shelburne Shipyard
          Shelburne Shipyard
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            • Description: Photo of the Marine Railway building and apparatus used in maneuvering the boats.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Shelburne Shipyard
            Shelburne Shipyard
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              • Description: View of metal machinery wheel and chain inside the Marine Railway building at the Shelburne Shipyard.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Shelburne Shipyard
              Shelburne Shipyard
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                • Description: Photo of the inside of the Marine Railway building at the Shelburne Shipyard. View of some of the machinery that maneuvers the boats.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
                Vermont Structural Steel
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                  • Description: Huge steel beams and employees in a building at Vermont Structural Steel. Dated 1951.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
                  Vermont Structural Steel
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                    • Description: Interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building with a focus on a metal structure near the ceiling. 1951.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
                    Vermont Structural Steel
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                      • Description: An employee of Vermont Structural Steel uses an electric sander to smooth a surface inside a huge circular steel custom built hopper. 1951?
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs