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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Store Windows
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    • Description: Advertising display for Young's Pharmacy showing Squibb Mineral Oil products.
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    Streets, Roads: Unidentified
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      • Description: Photo of a stretch of road with a sidewalk to the left side. Open land is seen on either side of the road.
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      Streets, Roads: Unidentified
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        • Date Created: 1932-10-01
        • Description: October 1, 1932. View of a stretch of road.
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        Streets, Roads: Unidentified
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          • Date Created: 1928-09-17
          • Description: September 17, 1928. Trolley tracks can be seen running down the middle of this Burlington city street.
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          Theatricals
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            • Description: Cast portrait of high school students from Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School) for comedy "Once and for All" by Sidney Duball. Stage set with a street scene. Banner hangs in back and reads "Welcome Home Nick." Photo #1. See also mcalB03F20i09 In the 1956 Oread, p. 72-73 is a complete write-up.
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            Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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              • Date Created: 1955-02-09
              • Description: February 9, 1955. The steamship, Ticonderoga (built in 1906), slowly inches its way across a frozen field on its way to a permanent site, the Shelburne Museum. The boat is welded to its cradle pulled by winches. Railroad tracks were laid in sections of 300 ahead of the vessel. Progress per day was never more than 250 feet. Photo 132.
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              Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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                • Description: November 5, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga is seen in a basin dug at the southern end of Shelburne Bay. The lower half of her paddlewheels have been temporarily removed so as to allow the boat to fit in the basin. Her engines are not running during this part of the operation. Photo 40.
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                UVM Botany Dept.
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                  • Description: Plant specimen in the UVM Botany Dept.
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                  UVM Fleming Museum
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                    • Date Created: 1933-07-12
                    • Description: July 12, 1933. Colchester Ave., looking southwest, with view of Fleming Museum on the left.
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                    UVM Groups
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                      • Description: University of Vermont reunion (30th?) of Class of 1916. Significance of hats, canes, sashes and white apparel unknown.
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