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 Farms - Haying
Farms - Haying
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    • Date Created: 1951
    • Description: 1951 photo of farm workers haying. They drive a tractor with a hay wagon behind.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Farms - Haying
    Farms - Haying
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 photo of a horse drawn plow cutting hay.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Machinery
      Machinery
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        • Date Created: circa 1930's
        • Description: 1930s interior view of a machine room. Label on machinery may read in part "Built by H.C. Fish Machine Works ..."
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Machinery
        Machinery
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          • Date Created: 1935-1936
          • Description: 1935 or 1936 photo of interior of a machine workshop room with a man working with pliers at one of the machines.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
          Portraits - Individuals
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            • Date Created: 1940s
            • Description: Mid 1940s interior view of a large high tin ceiling room with sewing machines, a large central table and patterns attached to the wall
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
            Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
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              • Description: P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 This view of the boiler room and boiler which supplies the heating units for the various sections.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Machinery
              Machinery
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                • Description: A woman tips a metal bucket to the edge of large metal container whose hose leads to a bulk milk tank at a creamery or dairy farm.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Sewer Tile Construction Plant
                Sewer Tile Construction Plant
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                  • Date Created: 1937-03-04
                  • Description: March 4, 1937. View of work man and machinery at a sewer pipe construction plant. Pipes were once made of clay or concrete tiles formed around a hollow core. Could this be the Justis Vault Co. on Riverside Ave, Burlington?
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Shelburne Shipyard
                  Shelburne Shipyard
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                    • Description: View of the Marine Railway building at Shelburne Shipyard with some of its machinery. Erected 1929 for the Champlain Transportation Company.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Shelburne Shipyard
                    Shelburne Shipyard
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                      • Description: Part of the rails, roller tracks, chains and machinery used in maneuvering large boats at the Shelburne Shipyard. This is at the water's edge.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs