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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91 Burlington (Vt.). 83 Business. 81 Portrait photography. 58 Men. 45 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 44 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 39 Buildings. 31 Machinery. 22 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 22 Women. 11 Automobiles. 11 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 10 Construction workers. 10 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 10 Offices. 9 Hospitals. 9 Restaurants. 8 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 8 Service stations. 8 Trucks. 8 Winooski (Vt.). 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Urban parks. 6 Architectural photography. 5 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Interior architecture. 5 Nurses. 5 Quarries and quarrying. 5 Stores, Retail. 5 Young men. 4 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Young women. 3 Camps. 3 Children. 3 Factories. 3 Flag raising and lowering. 3 Furniture. 3 Gas ovens. 3 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 2 Athletics. 2 Boys. 2 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 2 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 2 College students. 2 Construction projects. 2 Grand Isle (Vt.). 2 High school students. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Sand and gravel mines and mining. 2 Sideshows. 2 Stoves. 2 Street photography. 2 Totem poles. 2 Williston (Vt.). 1 Advertising. 1 Animals. 1 Boats and boating. 1 Cafeterias. 1 Camping. 1 Champlain Transportation Company. 1 Church buildings. 1 Circus performers. 1 Classrooms. 1 Convenience stores. 1 Cows. 1 Department stores. 1 Dwellings. 1 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Family. 1 High school athletes. 1 Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.). 1 Nuns. 1 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 1 Priests. 1 Refuse and refuse disposal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Van Ness House. 1 Waste disposal sites.

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Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
Vermont Structural Steel
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    • Description: Business office of Vermont Structural Steel with a sign with the name F. W. Floyd, Chief Engineer seen in upper left corner. 1951.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
    Vermont Structural Steel
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      • Date Created: 1951
      • Description: Another view of the business office of Vermont Structural Steel. Sign with the name F. W. Floyd, Chief Engineer seen in upper right corner. 1951.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
      Vermont Structural Steel
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        • Description: Interior view of a large room with steel beams, machinery and employees of Vermont Structural Steel. Dated 1951.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington Asphalt Plant
        Burlington Asphalt Plant
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          • Date Created: undated
          • Description: Burlington Asphalt Plant and employees
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington Asphalt Plant
          Burlington Asphalt Plant
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            • Date Created: undated
            • Description: Burlington Asphalt Plant automobile, trucks, and drivers
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington Rock Quarry
            Burlington Rock Quarry
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              • Description: This view is the same as View #1 and #2, taken a few minutes after the shot had been completed showing the results of the blast. Approximately 250 lbs. of dynamite was used for this shot producing approximately 2,500 tons of broken rock with a substantial saving in cost of drilling and blasting.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Sewer Tile Construction Plant
              Sewer Tile Construction Plant
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                • Description: View of a sewer pipe construction plant. Pipes were once made of clay or concrete tiles formed around a hollow core. Could this be the Justis Vault Co. on Riverside Ave, Burlington in the 1930s?
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
                Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
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                  • Date Created: 1935/1936
                  • Description: 1935 / 1936 photo of a Chevrolet car dealership with employees standing out front. Could this be Shearer located in Burlington on S. Winooski Ave?
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
                  Blodgett Oven Company
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                    • Description: 1947/1949 Employees of the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens are seen welding parts of the oven body on the assembly line. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
                    Blodgett Oven Company
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                      • Description: 1947/1949 Employees assemble parts of an industrial oven being manufactured on the assembly line at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs