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.
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Burlington High School Track Team
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 BHS track team with Coach Holland "Dutch" Smith, (far left).
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Burlington High School - Yearbook Staff
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- Date Created: 1955
- Description: 1955 photo of Susan Bates, BHS senior student, with Mr. George E. Little, Sr (seated) and George Little, Jr. of George Little Press of Burlington. March 1955 calendar on the wall far left.
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Burlington - Street Views
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- Date Created: 1945/1946
- Description: 1945/1946 St. Paul Street, Burlington, Vermont showing store fronts. Extreme left is the Burlington Rapid Transit Company bus terminal at 137 St. Paul Street, a pool room, Sherwin Electric at 129, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company at 123-125.
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Burlington - Street Views
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- Date Created: 1945/1946
- Description: 1945/1946 view of Church Street showing store fronts. Currier's women's clothes at 66 Church ; Fanny Farmer Candy at 68 Church.
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Burlington - Street Views
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- Description: Photo of an alley with surrounding buildings.
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Burlington - Street Views
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- Description: A vacant lot with surrounding buildings.
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Business Enterprises - A-B
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- Date Created: 1935/1936
- Description: 1935/1936 photo of E.S. Adsit Coal Co. tank truck at central plant in Burlington, Vermont.
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Business Enterprises - C-D
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- Description: 1951 photo of a moving van owned by Chase Movers & Storage. Office and warehouse located at 77-83 College Street.
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Business Enterprises - E-H
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- Description: 1952 photo of a truck and employees of the A. C. Hathorne Co., sheet metal and roofing contractors in front of their business located at 135 So. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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Business Enterprises - E-H
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- Description: 1945 photo of Gero Bros. Movers. Moving truck.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs