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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Portraits, Religious Sisters [Nuns], Unidentified
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    • Description: Photo of six nuns outside near an arbor or trellis. They may be associated with Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont.
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    Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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      • Description: Photo of a large three story hotel in Queen City Park, So. Burlington, Vermont. Railings wrap around the 2nd and 3rd story porches. Believed to have burned in the 1930s.
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      Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington)
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        • Description: Photo of Rice Memorial High School (South Burlington) Vermont. The school is named after Rev. Joseph J. Rice, Bishop of Burlington, and opened on Feb. 1st, 1959.
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        Road Construction
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          • Date Created: 1933-07-12
          • Description: July 12, 1933. View of a residential street in Burlington.
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          Road Construction
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            • Description: A steamroller in operation during a paving project on an unidentified Burlington street.
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            Road Construction
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              • Description: Workers posing during a water drilling project at an unidentified location.
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              Sewer Projects
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                • Date Created: 1932-06-23
                • Description: June 23, 1932. Wooden plank wall, cross timbers and pipes are seen in this sewer project photo.
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                Sewer Projects
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                  • Date Created: 1932-02-19
                  • Description: February 19, 1932. Members of a crew work on a short overpass or bridge during a major sewer project in Burlington near the railroad tracks. A large crane, truck and supplies are seen. Railway cars of the Rutland Railroad are in the background.
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                  Sewer Projects
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                    • Date Created: 1932-04-25
                    • Description: April 25, 1932. A Rutland Railroad steam engine with coal tender span a construction area of a sewer project near the water front in Burlington.
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                    Sewer Projects
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                      • Description: View of a timber wall and of some timber supports to a nearby brick building. A small shack is seen to the left in the photo.
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