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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Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
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- Date Created: 1946/1947
- Description: 1946/47 gas service station ; location may be somewhere along Main St. in Winooski, Vermont. Could this be Roscoe's Garage at 262 Main St.? To the right is Bissonette Grocery at 254 Main.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
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- Description: A Shell gas station attendant wipes the windshield of a Plymouth automobile. Date and location unknown.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Black Cat Cafe
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- Description: 1935/37 Black Cat Cafe & Sea Grill at 160 Bank St, Burlington, Vermont. Employees and management stand out front for a group photo. Charles Chantis, proprietor. The State Theatre is next door at 156. The restaurant burned in the 1970s along with the rest of the block.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Black Cat Cafe
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- Description: 1930s Black Cat Cafe & Sea Grill once located at 160 Bank Street in Burlington, Vt. Booths located on the main floor. The restaurant burned in the 1970s along with the rest of the block. Photo #9.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Black Cat Cafe
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- Description: 1930s interior view of the upper banquet room set up for dining at the Black Cat Cafe once located at 160 Bank St in Burlington, Vt. Tables and wait staff are ready for business.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Blodgett Oven Company
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- Description: 1947/1949 Photo of employees working at plant machinery at the Blodgett oven company located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. A view of the manufacturing plant seen in the background.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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- Description: December 5, 1945. For dated photo see also Burlington Streets: Lakeside Ave mcalA05F11i02 City of Burlington, Vermont, Street Department Lakeside Ave. Pavement Base Construction This view was taken from a point near the intersection of Central Ave. looking easterly toward the underpass. The new factory building just completed for the Blodgett Co. is shown with parking area base recently constructed between the street line and the building. Note the asphalt emulsion stabilized base which was mixed the previous day before taking this picture. Cold weather and frost conditions had frozen the base mixture on the left half of the street but the job was continued on the north half in spite of the low temperatures as the street had to be put in condition to receive traffic for the winter, this street being on a regular bus line. The job was continued by placing a 2 inch layer of crushed stone on this stabilized base and penetrating the same with asphalt emulsion and covering with concrete sand as a "blotter" for the winter and then opened to traffic. This project will be continued to completion in the spring by constructing an integral concrete curb and gutter on the south side of a 2 inch hot plant mix wearing surface over the entire pavement area. Note the asphalt distributor applying emulsion and the tractor and harrow mixing the base.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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- Description: 1945/1946 Late Fall - January. G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc. at the corner of Central Ave and Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
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- Description: Dated 1944 Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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- Date Created: 1955
- Description: 1955 photo of George Hagar, vice-president of Hagar Hardware & Paint Company and his daughter, Harriet.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs