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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624 Burlington (Vt.). 330 Architectural photography. 229 Construction projects. 147 Business. 132 Dwellings. 110 Interior architecture. 95 Portrait photography. 89 Hospitals. 88 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 77 Street photography. 70 Men. 59 Landscape photography. 57 Burlington International Airport. 54 Machinery. 54 Women. 52 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 48 Housing. 47 University of Vermont. 47 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 46 Automobiles. 41 Grand Isle (Vt.). 39 Employees. 38 Stores, Retail. 38 Winooski (Vt.). 37 Construction workers. 35 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 34 Camps. 32 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 31 Department stores. 30 Priests. 28 St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.). 27 S.S. Kresge Company. 27 Students. 24 Bridges. 24 Young women. 23 Service stations. 23 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 22 Shelburne (Vt.). 21 United States Public Works Administration. 19 Auditoriums. 17 Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.). 17 Winooski River (Vt.). 16 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 15 Colchester (Vt.). 15 Girls. 15 Trucks. 14 Class reunions. 12 College students. 12 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 12 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 12 Young men. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Railroad tracks. 11 Rivers. 10 Museums. 10 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 9 Animals. 9 Banners. 9 Boats and boating. 9 Gymnasiums. 8 Bank buildings. 8 Camping. 8 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 8 Nuns. 8 Sand and gravel mines and mining. 8 Waste disposal sites. 7 Barns. 7 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 College graduates. 7 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Factories. 7 Family. 7 Nurses. 7 Vergennes (Vt.). 7 Williston (Vt.). 6 Church buildings. 6 Furniture. 6 High school graduates. 6 Painting. 6 Refuse and refuse disposal. 6 Shelburne Museum. 5 Champlain, Lake. 5 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Flood damage. 5 Hotels. 5 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 5 Shelburne Shipyard, Inc. 4 Advertising. 4 American Legion. 4 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 4 Chapels. 4 Christmas greens. 4 College teachers. 4 General Electric Company. 4 House furnishings. 4 Musicians. 4 Reunions. 4 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Theaters. 4 Urban parks. 3 Bands (Music). 3 Boys. 3 Bridegrooms. 3 Brides. 3 Cake. 3 Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.). 3 Exhibit booths. 3 Farms. 3 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Horses. 3 Motels. 3 Oil storage tanks. 3 Street signs. 3 Street-railroad tracks. 3 Trailers. 2 Airplanes. 2 Buses. 2 Cafeterias. 2 Chairs. 2 Children. 2 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Convenience stores. 2 Dance. 2 Drugstores. 2 Farmhouses. 2 First communion. 2 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 2 Middlebury (Vt.). 2 Middlebury College. 2 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 2 Musical groups. 2 Railroad trains. 2 Robert Hull Fleming Museum. 2 School children. 2 Snow removal. 2 Soldiers. 2 Totem poles. 2 United Service Organizations (U.S.). 2 United States Work Projects Administration. 2 Worship programs. 1 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 1 Actors. 1 American Red Cross. 1 Baseball. 1 Boy Scouts. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Camp MacArthur (Vt.). 1 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Costume. 1 Cows. 1 DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Dolls. 1 Drum majorettes. 1 Essex Junction (Vt.). 1 Exhibitions. 1 Gardens. 1 Greek letter societies. 1 Handicraft. 1 High school athletes. 1 High school buildings. 1 High school students. 1 High school teachers. 1 Lighthouses. 1 Montpelier (Vt.). 1 Santa Claus. 1 Sewage disposal. 1 St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Tennis. 1 Van Ness House. 1 Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.). 1 Waitsfield (Vt.). 1 Weddings. 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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Miniature of Landscapes - Unidentified
Landscapes - Unidentified
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    • Date Created: 1930
    • Description: 1930s photo of a muddy and deeply rutted dirt road along side a barn and other buildings in the distance.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
    Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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      • Description: Photo of the interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
      Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
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        • Description: Photo of a house Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
        Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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          • Date Created: 1951
          • Description: 1951 Construction of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim Mead & White. Builders Vermilya-Brown Co., Inc.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
          Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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            • Date Created: 1951
            • Description: 1951 construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
            Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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              • Date Created: 1951
              • Description: 1951 Construction of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim Mead & White. Builders Vermilya-Brown Co., Inc.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Middlebury College - Russian Summer School
              Middlebury College - Russian Summer School
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                • Date Created: 1956
                • Description: 1956 photo of faculty and students at the Middlebury College Russian Summer School, assembled very likely near Forest Hall. School director, Mischa H. Fayer, and wife Margaret are seated 8th & 9th from the right. The school was founded in 1945 and became the fifth foreign language summer school at Middlebury College.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
                New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
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                  • Date Created: 1950
                  • Description: 1950 construction of New England Telephone and Telegraph Co, 266 Main Street, Burlington, Vt. Back side looking toward Main Street (can see Edmunds High School building through the trees in background). Workmen seen on top of structure along with lumber and other building supplies.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of State Health Building
                  State Health Building
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                    • Date Created: 1952
                    • Description: Fall 1952 - site of the State Health Building being constructed at 115 Colchester Ave. (currently 195 Colchester Ave.) ; to the left in background is Mann Hall of Trinity College opposite the site also on upper Colchester Ave, Burlington, Vt.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Portraits - Groups, Identified
                    Portraits - Groups, Identified
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                      • Date Created: 1945
                      • Description: 1945 photo of Texaco Oil Co. employees standing outside a building. Oil barrels seen behind them. Photo #2. City directory lists The Texas Co, a gas and oil company located on Lake Street in Burlington.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs