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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290 Burlington (Vt.). 147 Buildings. 84 Stores, Retail. 83 Employees. 56 Street photography. 51 Machinery. 47 Men. 41 Portrait photography. 38 Interior architecture. 37 Advertising. 32 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 32 Service stations. 28 Automobiles. 28 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 26 Construction projects. 23 High school students. 23 Trucks. 20 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 20 Construction workers. 20 Department stores. 20 Women. 19 Architectural photography. 13 S.S. Kresge Company. 12 Family. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Offices. 10 Winooski (Vt.). 9 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Dwellings. 9 Restaurants. 8 Exhibit booths. 8 Exhibitions. 7 Auditoriums. 7 Boats and boating. 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Drugstores. 6 Bank buildings. 5 Beauty operators. 5 Painting. 5 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 5 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Convenience stores. 4 Cosmetics. 4 Dolls. 4 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Trailers. 3 A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc. 3 Animals. 3 Billboards. 3 Boys. 3 Church buildings. 3 Gas ovens. 3 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 3 Railroad tracks. 3 Refrigerators. 2 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Cows. 2 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Furniture. 2 Hotels. 2 House furnishings. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Puppets. 2 Stoves. 2 Toys. 2 Van Ness House. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Children. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Dairying -- Equipment and supplies. 1 Farms. 1 Flowers. 1 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Horses. 1 Infants. 1 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 1 Railroad trains. 1 Snow removal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Street signs. 1 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Theaters. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
Blodgett Oven Company
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    • Description: 1947/1949 Employees weld parts of an industrial oven being manufactured on the assembly line at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
    Blodgett Oven Company
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      • Date Created: 1949
      • Description: 1949 photo of a product packed for shipment at the Blodgett oven company located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Labeling on the side gives product information including weight of 684 pounds and a date of March 1949. A view of the manufacturing plant seen in the background.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
      Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
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        • Description: Dated 1937 Photo of oven parts and hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
        Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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          • Description: 1955 photo of George Hagar, vice-president of Hagar Hardware & Paint Company and his daughter, Harriet, a Burlington High School student. Photo appears in the 1955 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 135.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
          Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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            • Description: 1950s photo of an older and young man in a business office. May have been taken for a high school yearbook. Names and location unknown.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
            Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
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              • Description: 1954 photo of BHS senior student Peter Upton (left) with Mr. George Little, Sr. (seated) and George Little, Jr. of the George Little Press of Burlington. A version of this photo appears in the 1954 BHS yearbook, Oread, p. 103, Advertisements section.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Business Enterprises - A-B
              Business Enterprises - A-B
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                • Date Created: 1935/1936
                • Description: 1935/1936 photo of Burlington Electric Motor Service.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Business Enterprises - E-H
                Business Enterprises - E-H
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                  • Date Created: 1935/1936
                  • Description: 1935-1936 Fassetts Bakery truck advertising Sno-Flake Bread.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Business Enterprises - I-Z
                  Business Enterprises - I-Z
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                    • Date Created: 1952
                    • Description: 1952 photo of Ernest Lesage Fuel Service, located at 104 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, Vermont.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Business Enterprises - I-Z
                    Business Enterprises - I-Z
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                      • Date Created: 1951
                      • Description: 1951 photo of Coca-Cola Bottling Company at 266 Pine Street in Burlington, Vermont.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs