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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Donovan Construction Company, Burlington
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    • Date Created: 1944-04-16
    • Description: April 16, 1944. Christening of sub-chaser SC 1504 built by Donovan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minn. at the Shelburne Shipyard in Vermont. Company locally called Donovan Contracting. Photo #1.
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    Donovan Construction Company, Burlington
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      • Description: Christening of sub-chaser SC 1506. Built by Donovan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minn. at the Shelburne Shipyard in Vermont. Company locally called Donovan Contracting. Mrs. Lewis F. Olson seen center closest to suspended champagne bottle. Undated but probably May 14, 1944. Photo #4. See also mcalA10F07i19
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      Donovan Construction Company, Burlington
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        • Description: Slightly out of focus photo of broadside of one of the naval crafts built by Donovan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minn. at the Shelburne Shipyard. Company locally called Donovan Contracting. Seen here as it moves through the waters of Lake Champlain. Undated but probably 1940s. See also mcalA10F07i05
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        Earhart, Amelia
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          • Description: Undated photograph taken at the Burlington Airport of eight men and women standing in front of a small airplane. A labeled and string wrapped package rests on the ground. A logo with a winged horse and the letters "FA" seen on plane's tail. May be 1934.
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          Eastern Star
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            • Description: Undated photograph of members of the Burlington chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in formal attire. No. 3 65 cents.
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            Eastern Star
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              • Description: Undated photograph of members of the Burlington chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in formal attire. Photo #1.
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              Flowers
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                • Description: Gladiolus held in person's hand.
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                Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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                  • Date Created: 1934-07
                  • Description: ROTC Artillery On the March to the Range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. July 1934. Column of mounted military men and horse drawn artillery. Dirt road with utility poles and lines. Photo #16.
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                  Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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                    • Description: Column of tractor drawn artillery and other ordnance on road with utility poles.
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                    Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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                      • Description: Machine Guns in Action, Artillery Range, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., smoke screen. Military men seated on the ground watching a machine gun demonstration.
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