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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    • Description: G.S. Blodgett Co. in the early 1940s, an oven company, located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Edgar Chott & Sons
    Edgar Chott & Sons
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      • Description: Mid 1930s Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT An assortment of boating supplies: life jackets and buoys, pads and paddles, a model sailboat kit, etc. Apparently a display for a boat show or other business exhibition. Sign reads: American Pad & Textile Co. Edgar Chiott & Son, Distributors.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
      Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
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        • Date Created: 1937
        • Description: 1937 photo of Texaco oil tanks and buildings near shore front of Lake Champlain. View looking west across the lake.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits - Groups, Identified
        Portraits - Groups, Identified
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: 1945 photo of Texaco Oil Co. employees standing outside a building. Oil barrels seen behind them. A piece of paper is being handed from one man to another. Photo #4. City directory lists The Texas Co, a gas and oil company located on Lake Street in Burlington.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
          Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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            • Date Created: 1935-1936
            • Description: Over exposed 1935 / 1936 winter photo of a group of well-dressed, influential men standing in front of an airplane, presumably at Burlington Int'l Airport. On the left is a delivery truck owned by Railway Express Agency, which had headquarters at 111 St. Paul St., Burlington. The City Directory lists Herbert E. Fitch as agent. Also on the left: a boy with his dog that lays on a crate with sign "Live Dog". Occasion and purpose of photo unknown.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
            Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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              • Date Created: 1948
              • Description: 1948 photo of a group of men and women involved with General Home Equipment (see mcalB15F23i04). Location and occasion are unknown.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
              Portraits - Individuals
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                • Date Created: 1944
                • Description: 1944 photo of 3 photos of four young office workers with machines; typewriter and duplicating machine seen.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
                Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
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                  • Date Created: 1945
                  • Description: Display of Kem-Tone, "the modern miracle wall finish," with several cans of the product, ad panels, and even a room in a dollhouse. Roman numerals on window are part of clock face that indicates, possibly, the store's lunch hour (see mcalB18F26i06).
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
                  Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
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                    • Date Created: 1948-1949
                    • Description: 1948 or 1949 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Co. retail store, on the west side of Church St.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
                    Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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                      • Date Created: 1945
                      • Description: "Clothing and Cosmetics Store." Ladies apparel, very likely spring and summer fashions. 2 signs advertise Saybury Robes and House Coats.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs