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.
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Burlington High School Band
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- Description: Undated photograph of the Burlington High School Marching Band seated in uniform with drum majorettes. Photo taken in the auditorium at the Edmunds High School building on South Union Street.
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Burlington High School Baseball Team
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- Description: Undated photograph of the Burlington High School baseball team. Photo #1.
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Burlington Lakefront
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: View of the Burlington lake front looking out over a brick building with smokestack toward the breakwater where a boat is approaching. Railroad cars and tracks are also pictured.
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Burlington Rock Quarry
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- Description: Burlington Rock Quarry
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Burlington Rock Quarry
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- Description: Burlington Rock Quarry and workers in winter conditions
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Burlington Rock Quarry
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- Description: Burlington Rock Quarry and quarry workers
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Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
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- Date Created: 1935-02-16
- Description: February 16, 1935 Photo #2 Washing and screening of sand at the Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant in Williston
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Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
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- Description: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant structures in Williston Undated but may be 1930s Shows the Gravel Bin
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Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
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- Date Created: 1942-12-09
- Description: December 9, 1942. Burlington Street Department, Burlington, Vt. This view shows the triangular area at the Central Plant yard from which the old Robinson-Edwards Lumber Co. building was removed and rebuilt. Note the Street Department flagpole with the United States Flag and the Minute Man Flag as a reward for the 100% Department cooperation in the buying of war stamps and bonds by its employees.
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Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
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- Description: Burlington Street Department, Burlington, Vt. This view shows the triangular area at the Central Plant yard from which the old Robinson-Edwards Lumber Co. building was removed and rebuilt. Note the Street Department flagpole with the United States Flag and the Minute Man Flag as a reward for the 100% Department cooperation in the buying of war stamps and bonds by its employees.
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