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 Burlington Streets: Colchester Ave
Burlington Streets: Colchester Ave
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    • Date Created: 1939-10-21
    • Description: View of the base of Colchester Ave at the Winooski Bridge near Barrett Street. Possibly 487 Colchester. Automobiles are parked along the store front of a corner grocery or convenience store (that may be owned by Ernest C. Potvin as listed in the 1929 Burlington City Directory) that advertises cigars, cigarettes and Salada Tea in this Oct. 21, 1929 photo.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Crown Point Bridge (Lake Champlain)
    Crown Point Bridge (Lake Champlain)
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      • Description: Crown Point Bridge, New York state. Undated.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Heineberg Bridge (old)
      Heineberg Bridge (old)
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        • Date Created: 1937-02-09
        • Description: Photograph dated Feb. 9, 1937, taken during the demolition of the old Heineberg Bridge.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Heineberg Bridge (new)
        Heineberg Bridge (new)
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          • Description: Fourth photograph of four comprising a panorama with the original caption: Opening of the new Heineberg Bridge between the City of Burlington and the Town of Colchester, VT. Jan. 23, 1937.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Winooski Bridge (4X5's)
          Winooski Bridge (4X5's)
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            • Date Created: 1928-12-15
            • Description: December 15, 1928. View of the Winooski Bridge over the Winooski River. To the far left is the Champlain Mill and to the right is the Chace Mill factories.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Winooski Bridge Construction
            Winooski Bridge Construction
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              • Date Created: 1928-07-05
              • Description: July 5, 1928. Construction workers rebuild the Winooski Bridge that had been destroyed in the 1927 flood. View is looking up Colchester Ave. on the Burlington side.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
              Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
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                • Date Created: 1928-07-05
                • Description: July 5, 1928. Workmen continue construction on the Winooski bridge smoothing the pavement surface. View is looking up Colchester Ave on the Burlington side. Photo No. 10
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington Streets: Grove St.
                Burlington Streets: Grove St.
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                  • Date Created: 1939-08-15
                  • Description: Photograph dated Aug. 15, 1939. Original caption reads: WPA (Work Projects Administration) Grove Street Bridge, Project No. 465-12-1-15 This view shows the completed Grove Street Bridge Project which was completed late in the year 1938. It consists of a heavy corrugated steel plate arch with reinforced concrete base, sidewalls, and floor slab, using second-hand building brick for the headwalls and spandrel walls with concrete sidewalks, curbs and gutters and penetration asphalt pavement.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Burlington Streets: Grove St.
                  Burlington Streets: Grove St.
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                    • Date Created: 1938-07-27
                    • Description: Photograph dated July 27, 1938. View of the construction project at the site of the new Grove Street bridge (WPA [Work Projects Administration] Grove Street Bridge, Project No. 465-12-1-15). Direction unknown but is from the opposite of the street seen in photograph no.9.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Heineberg Bridge (new)
                    Heineberg Bridge (new)
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                      • Description: This view shows the new Heineberg Bridge just after completion of the new pavement on the Burlington Approach as seen from the Burlington side.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs