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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Road Construction
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    • Description: Preparing a road surface in a paving project on an unidentified Burlington Street.
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    Road Construction
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      • Description: An undated photograph of a blasting crew at work at an unidentified Burlington location.
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      St. Anthony's School Burlington - Groups
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        • Description: An assembly of St. Anthony's School students at graduation time, dressed in caps and gowns, with diplomas in hand. The site could be the front steps of the church on Flynn Ave. The priest is Rev. Bernard G. Couture, who is seen in other photos dated from 1951. Photo #1 or 2?
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        Sewer Projects
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          • Date Created: 1932-03-09
          • Description: March 9, 1932. Man, machine and animal work together on a sewer project in Burlington. A large crane pours steam into the air as it rests on an outcropping in Lake Champlain down at the water front. A horse is seen in the background with a crew member. The building of Burlington Grocery Company on lower Maple Street and the St. Paul Street seen in distant background.
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          Sewer Projects
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            • Date Created: 1932-03-22
            • Description: March 22, 1932. Another view of a culvert in a snow covered embankment.
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            Sewer Projects
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              • Date Created: 1932-04-25
              • Description: April 25, 1932. Members of a crew work on a major sewer project near the railroad tracks in Burlington. Seen here is a support structure of rebar in a huge trench.
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              Sewer Projects
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                • Description: View of a deep rocky trench and crew members manipulating a long timber across a wooden plank overpass. Hoses and other equipment seen in this wooded sewer project site.
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                Shelburne Museum
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                  • Description: Shelburne Museum. Schoolhouse near a pond on the museum grounds.
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                  Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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                    • Description: A group of men and women, possibly students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo.
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                    Portraits, groups
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                      • Description: Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. A group of men and women, students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo.
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