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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Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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    • Description: June 7, 1936 photo of the construction of a double-ended ferry for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Pilot house seen taking shape up top. Photo #37.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
    Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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      • Description: June 7, 1936 photo of a construction worker spraying sealant, primer or maybe paint on a double-ended ferry being built in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. A respirator mask can be seen being worn by one of the workers. Photo #39.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
      Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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        • Date Created: 1936
        • Description: 1936 photo of the engine room of a Champlain Transportation Company ferry with a Cooper Bessemer engine in place.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
        Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
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          • Date Created: 1936
          • Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's ferry Roosevelt as it cruises inside the Burlington breakwater.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
          Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
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            • Date Created: 1936
            • Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company ferry, Roosevelt, cruising out onto Lake Champlain.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Construction Sites
            Construction Sites
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              • Description: Undated and unidentified photo but this may be the deck of the Ticonderoga steamboat ferry.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Champlain Ferries
              Champlain Ferries
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                • Description: Cars and a wagon with horses line up along the ferry access road to board the ferry operating on Lake Champlain. The Steamer Chateaugay can be seen to the extreme left. A portion of its name is visible along with its smoke stack and pumping arm. Buildings along side the road leading to the boarding dock are to the right. Undated but may be 1930s.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington Lakefront
                Burlington Lakefront
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                  • Date Created: 1934-01-09 00:00:00
                  • Description: January 9, 1934. The Admiral and Oneida, two ferries, at anchor at the Burlington lake front.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Champlain Ferries
                  Champlain Ferries
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                    • Description: Open deck ferry, the Roosevelt, is docked and cars drive off. In the foreground a man walks along the path as a car makes its way along the same road. A business sign on the far right reads Wither. Undated but may be 1930s or 1940s.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Vermont [Steamboat]
                    Vermont [Steamboat]
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                      • Description: The Vermont III (steamboat) in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard with a workman working on its underside. See also mcalA17F04i18 for another view. Late 1920s, early 1930?
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs