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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Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
Portraits - Individuals
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    • Date Created: 1951
    • Description: A workman uses a wrench to tighten a bolt as he works on a vertical chute or conveyor belt. He stands in an open industrial commercial room with a brick floor. A large open bin seen to the right.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
    Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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      • Date Created: circa 1951
      • Description: Ca. 1951 photo of a large shop at Vt. Structural Steel, filled with steel processing machines, piles of beams and sheets of steel, and cylindrical tanks.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of J.F. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT
      J.F. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT
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        • Date Created: 1944
        • Description: 1944 photo of a hand operated tool, The Little Blacksmith, manufactured by the J.F. Kidder & Co., Burlington, VT.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Machinery
        Machinery
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          • Date Created: 1935-1936
          • Description: 1935 or 1936 photo of a man with a mallet working on a circular piece of machinery.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Well Drillers
          Well Drillers
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            • Date Created: 1935-1936
            • Description: 1935 / 1936 photo of well drillers and well drilling machine.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington City Hall
            Burlington City Hall
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              • Date Created: 1937
              • Description: This view shows our new Elgin Sweeper near Burlington City Hall after having gone through its demonstration ready for service. This street sweeper was delivered on April 13, and replaced the old Elgin which had given satisfactory service for fourteen years.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
              Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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                • Description: Photo of hardware laid out showing metal screws and plates of various kinds.
                • 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 Vermont Structural Steel
                  Vermont Structural Steel
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                    • Description: Interior view of a large building of Vermont Structural Steel with large machinery. Dated 1951.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Machinery
                    Machinery
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                      • Description: Interior photo a room with a Mills Water Tube Boiler with the name plate above reading The G S Blodgett Co., Burlington, Vt. and Standard. The name H B Smith Co. of Westfield, Mass., New York, Boston and Philadelphia on the right side boiler door.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs