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 Federal Savings
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- Description: The Burlington Federal Savings building under construction. 1958.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Lakefront
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- Date Created: 1944-02-21
- Description: February 21, 1944. This view shows the dumping area at the foot of College St. in front of the Central Vermont Freight House. The snow dumped the night before was being bulldozed over the front of the dock into the lake when this picture was taken. Several thousand cubic yards of snow were dumped at this point during the winter.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Lakefront
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- Date Created: 1934
- Description: January 9, 1934. Photo #10. Elisha Goodsell Dock and three converted steam yachts (ferries) during winter at the Burlington lake front on Lake Champlain.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
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- Date Created: 1934-07-20
- Description: July 20, 1934. P.W.A. PROJECT No. 2215 A view of the Central Plant showing the west and south elevations and looking easterly.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
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- Description: Central Plant building of the Burlington Street Department
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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- Date Created: 1934-04-13
- Description: April 13, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 View of northern and eastern elevation of Central Plant taken from Pine St. looking westerly.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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- Date Created: 1934-04-13
- Description: April 13, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the western and northern elevations of the Central Plant taken during construction.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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- Date Created: 1934-05-02
- Description: May 2, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the northern elevation of the Street Dept. Central Plant showing a section of the Steel framework.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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- Date Created: 1934-05-02
- Description: May 2, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the Steel framework of the Street Dept. Central Plant looking northerly.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
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- Description: Undated photograph of a snow plow in operation, possibly at the Burlington Airport. Embossed with McAllister name and Burlington, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs