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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Construction Sites
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    • Description: 1946/1947 photo of a construction site of a large building with a long open covered porch. A cement mixer seen to the left.
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    Construction Sites
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      • Description: Another view of the small construction site with trench extending into the background. Grassy field and hills also seen.
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      Construction Sites
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        • Description: Photo taken 1951-1953 of the construction of a building. Location unknown but may be downtown Burlington, Vermont. A large crane is seen and several cars are parked nearby.
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        Construction Sites
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          • Description: December 4, 1953 photo of the interior of a building being constructed. Workmen are seen working on the flooring.
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          Construction Sites
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            • Description: Undated and unidentified photo but this may be an interior view of the Ticonderoga steamboat ferry.
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            Construction Sites
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              • Date Created: 1944
              • Description: 1944 photo of a lot of pipes piled up in the center of a what may be a section of the boiler room (furnaces seen in the background). This may be below deck aboard the Ticonderoga steamboat ferry.
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              Construction Sites: CA Congdon at Pine St. Chimney Construction
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                • Date Created: 1953-09-11
                • Description: September 11, 1953 photo of another view of construction site with C.A. Congdon Construction on Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont doing chimney construction.
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                Country Store Interior
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                  • Date Created: 1950
                  • Description: 1950 country store interior photo with two men playing board game of checkers and showing merchandise. Could be the country store on the Shelburne Museum grounds.
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                  Dairy Equipment
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 photo of a piece of dairy equipment displayed in a clear glass case. This may be a device for balancing and weighing.
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                    Dairy Equipment
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                      • Description: 1945 photo of dairy test ware equipment displayed. Kimble Glass Company glass bottles used for the Babcock test marked K NAFIS (National Farmers Information Service).
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