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 Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
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    • Date Created: 1936-07-02
    • Description: July 2, 1936 close up broadside photo of the Champlain Transportation Company "City of Burlington" ferry. This may be the launching preparation. The boat is still in dry dock. Photo #66.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
    Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
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      • Date Created: 1936-07-05
      • Description: July 5, 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's "City of Burlington" ferry in Lake Champlain. Its rudder and propeller still out of the water. Robes and cables are attached to the boat. A ladder seen to the left hangs from the main deck into the water below. Photo #69.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
      Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
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        • Date Created: 1936
        • Description: 1936 broadside photo of two Champlain Transportation Company's ferries cruising on Lake Champlain. One of them being the City of Plattsburg; perhaps the other is the City of Burlington. Photo #1.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
        Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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          • Description: April 27, 1936. Champlain Transportation Company ferry being constructed in Vermont by the General Ship & Engine Works. Seen are ladders, wooden beam supports and cranes at the site. Photo #3.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
          Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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            • Description: June 9, 1936. Construction workers pose for a photo aboard a ferry being built for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #46.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
            Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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              • Description: May 25, 1936 photo of the construction of a ferry in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. The base for the pilot house taking shape. Photo #33.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
              Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                • Date Created: 1936
                • Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company doubled ended ferry City of Burlington decked out with streamer flags in preparation of her launching.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington Lakefront
                Burlington Lakefront
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                  • Date Created: 1934
                  • Description: January 9, 1934. Photo #10. Elisha Goodsell Dock and three converted steam yachts (ferries) during winter at the Burlington lake front on Lake Champlain.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Vermont [Steamboat]
                  Vermont [Steamboat]
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                    • Description: View of the steamboat Vermont III on the cradle at the Shelburne Shipyard just a the water's edge of Lake Champlain. The boat is perhaps being maneuvered into dry dock.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
                    Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
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                      • Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company "City of Burlington" ferry. This may be the launching as the boat is decorated with streamers of flags from bow to stern along with American flags.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs