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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Burlington Police Department
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- Description: 1957-1958 Burlington Police Department outside on the steps of City Hall. Photo #4.
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Burlington - Street Views
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- Description: 1946/1947 Church Street, Burlington, Vermont showing store fronts. Left to right Thom McAn shoes at 61 Church, Stein Clothes at 59 1/2 Church with Bertha Church above, Kinney shoes at 57 Church, Kresge department store at 49-55 Church.
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Burlington - Street Views
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- Description: Undated photo of a back alley between buildings. Exact location unknown.
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Burlington - Street Views
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- Description: Photo of a back lot of a automotive business with parked cars and surrounding buildings.
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Burlington - Street Views
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- Description: A winter photo of a three story building. Next to it, the remaining foundation of torn down building can be seen.
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Business Enterprises - A-B
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 photo of the American Auto Paint Shop at 61 Main Street, Burlington.
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Business Enterprises - A-B
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- Description: 1935-1936 Burlington Electric Motor Service.
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Business Enterprises - A-B
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- Description: G.S. Blodgett Co. in the early 1940s, an oven company, located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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Business Enterprises - E-H
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 photo of Hope & Son of Burlington, Vt. Auto wreck repair business. Wreck car carrier.
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Camp Abnaki
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- Description: A sitting room at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. The photographs in this folder are dated 1947. Photo #18?
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