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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Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Date Created: 1936-06-09
- Description: June 9, 1936. Construction workers pose for a photo aboard a ferry being built for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #47.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Date Created: 1936-07-07
- Description: July 7, 1936 photo of view from a ferry of a access loading ramp being constructed. Railroad cars seen in the background. Location may be Burlington, Vermont waterfront area. Photo #78.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Date Created: 1936-05-25
- Description: May 25, 1936 photo of ferry construction for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Base for the pilot house being built. Photo #32.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Date Created: 1936-06-08
- Description: June 8, 1936 photo of ferry construction workers posing for a group picture. Ferry being built in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Sides are in place and the pilot house is seen up top. Photo #40.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Description: 1936 photo of a Champlain Transportation Company doubled ended ferry under construction.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Description: 1936 photo of a Cooper-Bessemer engine on a railroad flatbed car. Destined for a Champlain Transportation Company ferry.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ticonderoga
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- Description: 1936 photo of the steamboat Ticonderoga cruising in Lake Champlain just inside the breakwater near the waterfront of Burlington, Vermont. She carries a large number of passengers.
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Champlain Transportation Co. - Ticonderoga
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 photo of the steamboat Ticonderoga in Lake Champlain inside the breakwater off the waterfront in Burlington, Vermont. She carries a large number of passengers.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Christ the King Church
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 gathering of parishioners from Christ the King Church, location unknown. Rev. Charles A. Towne is seated at the center of the table. Photo #2.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Christ the King School
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- Description: Photograph of a photograph of the Christ the King School marching band. Rev. Benjamin Wysolmerski stands to the right. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs