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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81 Burlington (Vt.). 33 Street photography. 30 Construction projects. 29 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 23 Business. 23 Construction workers. 15 Buildings. 14 Snowplows. 12 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 10 Snow removal. 9 Military supplies. 8 Employees. 8 Snowblowers. 6 Men. 6 Service stations. 5 Burlington International Airport. 5 Camping. 5 Shelburne (Vt.). 4 Animals. 4 Automobiles. 4 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 4 Grand Isle (Vt.). 4 Landscape photography. 4 Portrait photography. 4 Steamboats. 4 Ticonderoga (Steamship). 3 Camp MacArthur (Vt.). 3 Girls. 3 Stores, Retail. 3 Tractors. 3 Urban parks. 3 Waitsfield (Vt.). 2 Advertising. 2 Architectural photography. 2 Banners. 2 Boys. 2 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.). 2 High school students. 2 Housing. 2 Parades. 2 Railroad tracks. 2 Refuse and refuse disposal. 2 Traffic accidents. 2 University of Vermont. 2 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 2 Waste disposal sites. 2 Winooski (Vt.). 2 Wreckers (Vehicles). 1 Airplanes. 1 Billboards. 1 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Church buildings. 1 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Department stores. 1 Dwellings. 1 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 1 High school buildings. 1 Horses. 1 Hospitals. 1 Johnson (Vt.). 1 Machinery. 1 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Military weapons. 1 Shelburne Museum. 1 Soldiers. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Street-railroad tracks. 1 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Theaters. 1 Tractors -- Equipment and supplies. 1 Trailers. 1 Veterans. 1 Young men. 1 Young women.

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Miniature of Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
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    • Description: Undated photograph of a snowplow in operation.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)
    Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)
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      • Description: View of Main Street looking northeast. Four members of the street dept crew stand next to a truck after a heavy snow fall. In the background is 266 Main Street once the residence of Benjamin White. American elms stand behind. Undated by may be 1920s.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Burlington Streets: Staniford Road
      Burlington Streets: Staniford Road
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        • Date Created: 1934-11-03
        • Description: November 3, 1942. This view of Staniford Road shows the surface of the Soil-Cement pavement approximately one month after its construction during the process of applying an asphalt emulsion tack-coat with a cover of washed sand as a protective coat for the winter.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
        Portraits, groups, unidentified
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          • Description: Six men stand outside in the snow. May be members of a work crew doing a city street project. A truck can be seen in the background above the men.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington Streets: Church Street
          Burlington Streets: Church Street
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            • Date Created: 1936-12-03 00:00:00
            • Description: December 3, 1936 View of upper Church Street while Street Department was removing snow after the 13 inch storm of previous night. The trucks are being loaded by hand. Photo published in Images of America Burlington on the front and back covers. Retail store signs including Preston's jewelers, Carl's Dinette, drug store can be seen. The church of the First Unitarian Univeralist Society with clock in center background.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington Streets: Main Street (Lower)
            Burlington Streets: Main Street (Lower)
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              • Description: Undated (late 1920s, early 1930s?) view looking east up the hill with trolley (cable) car tracks running the center of lower Main Street. Two men (possibly city street dept crew) stand beside a truck and seem to access the construction project. To the right a sign advertising "Star Cars, low cost transportation".
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Burlington Streets: Main Street (4X5's)
              Burlington Streets: Main Street (4X5's)
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                • Date Created: 1940-03-18
                • Description: March 18, 1940 late winter view of Main Street in front of the Strong Theatre building. The Snow King Rotary Snow Plow is mounted on the city street dept Walter's Snow Fighter Truck as it performs snow removal. Note the movie marque at the Strong, "The Marines Fly High" starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
                Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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                  • Description: November 7, 1950. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc. Upper most story with framing in place. Six construction crew members stop their work and look at the photographer. A large utility truck is to the right.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Sewer Projects
                  Sewer Projects
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                    • Date Created: 1932-03-09
                    • Description: March 9, 1932. Members of a crew work with shovels on a timber platform within a wooden frame. Lumber is seen laying on the ground to the left. Trucks and other equipment are in the area.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (D-G)
                    Automobiles - Sales and Service (D-G)
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                      • Description: C.H. Goss Co., car dealership of Dodge Plymouth at 237 North Ave. A dump truck and a George C. Stanley & Sons asphalt tank truck are seen parked out front. Dates 1945-1958.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs