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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99 Burlington (Vt.). 46 Buildings. 28 Business. 27 Street photography. 25 Construction projects. 21 Traffic accidents. 16 Architectural photography. 12 Animals. 12 Men. 12 Service stations. 11 Employees. 11 Landscape photography. 8 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 8 Burlington International Airport. 6 Dwellings. 6 Winooski (Vt.). 5 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Construction workers. 5 Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.). 5 Portrait photography. 5 Stores, Retail. 5 Women. 4 Hospitals. 4 Interior architecture. 4 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Soldiers. 4 Street signs. 4 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Trucks. 4 Urban parks. 3 Billboards. 3 Children. 3 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 3 Horses. 3 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 3 Police. 3 Theaters. 3 Vermont Emergency Relief Administration. 3 Vermont State Police. 3 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 3 Wreckers (Vehicles). 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Drugstores. 2 Factories. 2 Family. 2 Ferries. 2 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 2 Machinery. 2 Military supplies. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Railroad tracks. 2 Street-railroad tracks. 2 University of Vermont. 2 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 2 Women veterans. 1 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 1 Advertising. 1 Armed Forces -- Officers. 1 Auditoriums. 1 Barns. 1 Battery Park (Vt.). 1 Boats and boating. 1 Bridges. 1 Bristol (Vt.). 1 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 1 Cavalry. 1 Champlain Transportation Company. 1 Chapels. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Church buildings. 1 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Colchester (Vt.). 1 Convenience stores. 1 Dolls. 1 Essex Junction (Vt.). 1 Farmhouses. 1 Flag raising and lowering. 1 Fletcher Free Library. 1 Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.). 1 High school students. 1 Housing. 1 Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.). 1 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 1 Parades. 1 Post office buildings. 1 Railroad trains. 1 Santa Claus. 1 Sewage disposal. 1 Shelburne (Vt.). 1 Steamboats. 1 Ticonderoga (Steamship). 1 United States Work Projects Administration. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 1 Veterans.

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Miniature of Burlington Streets: Main Street (Lower)
Burlington Streets: Main Street (Lower)
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    • Date Created: 1929-09-01
    • Description: September 1, 1929 dated photo. Main Street looking west from the easterly side of South Winooski Ave. just before resurfacing with stone filled sheet asphalt paving. Note the old trolley (cable) car tracks and overhead wires which have been abandoned, also note the irregular and worn condition of the old brick pavement. Strong Theatre, Post Office and mansard roofed building (167-169 Main) that once was a place of worship for the First Baptist Church on the left. Retail businesses on the right. Automobiles parked on both sides of the street. In the far right foreground a man leans against a street light pole.
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    Miniature of Fletcher Free Library (Burlington, VT)
    Fletcher Free Library (Burlington, VT)
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      • Description: Rear view of Fletcher Free Library across recessed parking area with automobiles.
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      Miniature of Veterans of Foreign Wars
      Veterans of Foreign Wars
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        • Description: Several women of the Ladies Auxiliary hold food baskets that has been collected and probably are about to be delivered to the needy. The women gather near the open trunk of an automobile with a Vermont 1957 license plate. A toy Coca Cola Santa Claus doll stands on the car's back fender.
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        Miniature of Automobiles
        Automobiles
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          • Date Created: undated
          • Description: 1944/47? Photograph (no.2) of a man standing by two cars parked in a field (A third car now visible)
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          Miniature of Burlington Streets: Lakeside Ave
          Burlington Streets: Lakeside Ave
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            • Date Created: 1944-08-03 00:00:00
            • Description: Aug. 3, 1944. This view taken from Rutland Railroad tracks over underpass looking easterly on Lakeside Ave. shows condition of shoulder on outside of concrete pavement on the right where new concrete slab is to be constructed. Entrances to parking area will have to be recessed and old transformer pole removed in foreground.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs,Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)
            Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)
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              • Description: Undated (may be 1920s) photo of an automobile accident on Main Street at an intersection (possibly Willard Street). The car has overturned and the underside is clearly seen. To the far right is a directional road side indicating Rutland, Middlebury, Vergennes. Another view is seen in mcalA05F15i06 and yet another published in Images of America Burlington, p. 67.
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              Miniature of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
              Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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                • Date Created: 1952-01-10
                • Description: January 10, 1952. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
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                Miniature of Automobiles
                Automobiles
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                  • Description: Photo of McAllister's car parked in his driveway at 47 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington. The four door car is loaded with what looks to be wooden benches and and other wooden equipment he may have used when taking group photos. Photo was taken from a 2nd story window. 1944/47?
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                  Miniature of Automobiles - Accidents
                  Automobiles - Accidents
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                    • Description: Close up of the crushed rear fender of a car that has been in an accident. Car is parked in the driveway of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. Taken 1935-1936 Fall-Spring
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                    Miniature of Automobiles - Accidents
                    Automobiles - Accidents
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                      • Description: Photo of a automobile that has been in a traffic accident. The hood of the car is seen on the ground exposing the engine. Taken 1935-1958. See other views mcalB01F15i06 and mcalB01F15i07. Fall-Spring
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs