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.
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Sewer Projects
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- Date Created: 1932-02-19
- Description: February 19, 1932. Members of a crew dig with pick axes at a sewer project site near the Burlington Lake Champlain water front.
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Sewer Projects
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- Description: November 21, 1940. North End Sewer project. This view shows the construction of the Bradley Road section of the North End Sewer. The Austin Excavator is being employed to excavate all materials and deliver with side delivery elevator into trucks where it is transported back and dumped into the ditch for refilling. This view shows the evidence of boulders and ledge encountered in the excavation. Note the absence of sheeting on this project regardless of the depth of the trench which at this point was approximately twelve feet. The top layer of approximately six feet being sand and loam was broken down from the shoulders with the aid of compressed air tools at a slope which did not endanger the men laying the tile. The bottom six or seven feet of excavation was in solid blue clay. Note the straight sides in the bottom of the trench indicating the stability of this material. Very little water was encountered at this point.
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Sewer Projects
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- Description: Three members of a crew operate jack hammers in a water filled trench at a sewer project site.
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Sewer Projects
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- Date Created: 1938-05-09
- Description: May 9, 1938. View at a sewer project site with a long deep and narrow trench extending the length of the street. A manhole is seen in the forefront. A shack stands to the right next to a smaller shed. Is this Cliff Street in Burlington? See also mcalA16F13i14
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Sewer Projects
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- Description: November 24, 1939. A dump truck deposits its load at a sewer project site as crew members work nearby. Other trucks and machinery seen.
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Sewer Projects (4X5)
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- Date Created: 1932-04-25 00:00:00
- Description: April 25, 1932. A Rutland Railroad steam engine spans a construction area of a sewer project near the water front in Burlington. See also mcalA16F12i19
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Shelburne Museum
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- Description: Visitors stop near the former main entrance to the Shelburne Museum. Visitors could at one time enter through one side of the covered bridge. The other side housed wagons, carriages, carts. A horse drawn milk carriage was stationed next to the bridge; a favorite spot for a snapshot. No border fence was present at this point in time. In the distance is seen the Colchester Lighthouse and the steamboat Ticonderoga.
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Shelburne Shipyard
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- Description: Dry dock cradle at the edge of the shore of Lake Champlain at the Shelburne Shipyard seen with its tracks and heavy metal chains attached. Picture shows keel, blocks, bilge blocks and docking platform. A ferry boat is in the far distance to the extreme left.
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Shelburne Shipyard
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- Description: Exterior of the Maine Railway building showing some of the heavy chains and machinery used to maneuver the boats.
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Stores, Exteriors
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- Description: Burlington retail store entrances and parking lot for Irving's Fashions, Singer and People's.
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