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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167 Portrait photography. 130 Burlington (Vt.). 76 High school students. 47 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 44 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 42 Girls. 36 Boys. 24 Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.). 23 Buildings. 23 Church buildings. 23 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 23 Women. 19 Construction projects. 19 High school athletes. 18 School children. 17 Children. 16 Family. 16 Milton (Vt.). 14 Bristol (Vt.). 14 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 14 Camping. 14 House furnishings. 14 Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.). 14 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 13 Business. 13 Camps. 13 College students. 13 Street photography. 12 Basketball. 12 Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.). 12 Interior architecture. 12 Middlebury (Vt.). 12 Middlebury College. 11 Chapels. 11 Classrooms. 11 High school teachers. 10 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 10 Men. 9 Baseball. 9 Christmas greens. 8 Architectural photography. 8 Athletics. 8 Drugstores. 8 Musical groups. 8 Service stations. 8 Young women. 7 Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.). 7 Drum majorettes. 7 Grand Isle (Vt.). 7 High school buildings. 7 Musicians. 7 Winooski (Vt.). 6 Actors. 6 Bands (Music). 6 Construction workers. 6 Costume. 6 Landscape photography. 6 Nurses. 6 Toys. 5 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 5 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 5 Gas ovens. 5 High school students -- Dramatic production. 5 Milton Elementary School (Milton, Vt.). 5 Offices. 5 Worship programs. 4 Automobiles. 4 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Colchester (Vt.). 4 Dwellings. 4 Employees. 4 Fanny Allen Hospital. 4 First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). 4 First communion. 4 Flowers. 4 Infants. 4 Nuns. 4 School sports. 3 Auditoriums. 3 Choirs (Music). 3 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 3 First Church of Christ, Scientist (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Gardens. 3 Gymnasiums. 3 High school graduates. 3 Radio stations. 3 Stores, Retail. 3 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Students. 3 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 3 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Burlington Business College. 2 Christmas pageants. 2 College teachers. 2 DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 2 First United Methodist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Furniture. 2 Middle school students. 2 Shelburne (Vt.). 2 Theaters. 2 Trucks. 1 Advertising. 1 Animals. 1 Banners. 1 Basin Harbor (Vt.). 1 Burlington (Vt.) Police Dept. 1 Champlain, Lake. 1 College graduates. 1 Dolls. 1 Horses. 1 Housing. 1 Machinery. 1 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Police. 1 Pool (game). 1 Priests. 1 Shelburne Museum. 1 St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Statues. 1 Tennis. 1 Tractors. 1 University of Vermont. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 1 Young men.

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Miniature of Burlington Streets: Institute Road
Burlington Streets: Institute Road
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    • Date Created: 1946-06-29 00:00:00
    • Description: June 29, 1946 Institute Road - Rock Excavation Street Widening Project. This view looking easterly from the intersection of the road leading to Bishop Hopkins Hall looking toward North Ave. Shows the appearance of the sidewalk and filling as it was being constructed. Note that the sidewalk was placed parallel to the street line and a sufficient distance from the trees to avoid any injury to the trees.
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    Miniature of Burlington Streets: Intervale
    Burlington Streets: Intervale
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      • Date Created: 1946-06-29 00:00:00
      • Description: June 29, 1946. Burlington Street Department - Burlington, Vermont Intervale Road - Asphalt Stabilized base and Armor Coat Wearing Surface This view taken from the railroad crossing looking southerly toward Riverside Ave. shows the mixing process while constructing the stabilized base using asphalt emulsion (XRM) as a binder. The materials used for aggregate on this job was road gravel hauled from the Lunderville Pit in the town of Williston last October and spread approximately 28 feet in width over the entire section from Riverside Ave. to the railroad crossing, a distance of approximately 875 feet. Note the Allis-Chalmers Power Grader mixing the gravel after the asphalt emulsion had been applied by pressure distributor. The Armor Coat Wearing Surface was constructed directly after the stabilized base had been completed. This is a very economical type of paving, especially where a cheaper grade of materials can be used and the location does not demand a higher type of pavement. Note the high embankment in the right background where several thousand cubic yards of filling was loaded by the Street Department with its power shovel and hauled with trucks to widen both sides of Intervale Road on the section between the railroad crossing and Riverside Ave. as well as the grading around the new catch basins and the filling of the ramp on the river bank where the undertile drainage pipe leads to the river. All of this filling was donated free of charge by the owner of the property (Geo. C. Stanley and Sons) to the City as well as a considerable amount of concrete sand and gravel for the construction of concrete catch basins and headwalls in connection with the drainage system. This project, which was approved for construction by the Board of Street Commissioners in June 1945 was practically completed on July 3, 1946 for the first section. The original plans included the second section from the railroad crossing northerly to a point approximately 100 feet northerly by the so-called Pariseau residence. This section was prepared last fall as to the grading and gravel surface and as no underground drainage is necessary it can be completed with very little expense as the only materials necessary to purchase will be asphalt emulsion.
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      Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
      Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
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        • Date Created: 1946/1947
        • Description: 1946/47 gas service station ; location may be somewhere along Main Street in Winooski, Vermont. Could this be Roscoe's Garage at 262 Main St.? The twin church spires in background are those of St. Francis Xavier at 3 St. Peter Street in Winooski.
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        Miniature of Burlington High School - Baseball
        Burlington High School - Baseball
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          • Description: Fall 1946 - Winter 1947 Burlington High School baseball team in uniform with coach on benches in grassy field. Photo #1?
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          Miniature of Burlington High School - Baseball
          Burlington High School - Baseball
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            • Date Created: 1946
            • Description: Spring 1946 Burlington High School baseball team in uniform with coach standing on steps of the Edmunds High School building. Photo #1.
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            Miniature of Burlington - Street Views
            Burlington - Street Views
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              • Description: 1946/1947 Church Street, Burlington, Vermont showing store fronts. Left to right Thom McAn shoes at 61 Church, Stein Clothes at 59 1/2 Church with Bertha Church above, Kinney shoes at 57 Church, Kresge department store at 49-55 Church.
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              Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
              Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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                • Date Created: 1946
                • Description: 1946 photo of young campers standing in front of their cabin, Megeso, with their counselor at Camp Abnaki. Photo #17.
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                Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Cabins
                Camp Abnaki - Cabins
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                  • Date Created: 1946
                  • Description: 1946 photo of young campers standing in front of their cabin, Mikwa, an honor cabin, with their counselor at Camp Abnaki.
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                  Miniature of Camp Birchcliffe Activities
                  Camp Birchcliffe Activities
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                    • Description: 1946 Game of tennis on the courts of Camp Birchcliffe in Grand Isle, Vermont. Photo #7.
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                    Miniature of Cathedral Grammar School
                    Cathedral Grammar School
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                      • Description: 1946 photo of Cathedral Grammar School students using chalk to create a picture on a blackboard that has a poem written on it entitled "My Mother." The poem extols the virtues of mothers. Other students sit at their desks reading.
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