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Burlington Streets: Main Street (Lower)
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- Date Created: 1929-09-01
- Description: Sept. 1, 1929. View of Main Street looking east up the hill from intersection of Church Street. Note the old trolley car tracks and overhead wires, also uneven and worn condition of the old brick pavement. This picture was taken just before constructing the new asphalt pavement by the city street dept., using the old brick pavement as a base. Parked cars and businesses line both sides of the street. On the right is the Strong Theatre with a sign along one side of the building advertising "Vermont home of Chilton Paint Co." In the distant center of photo a car cruises through the intersection of Main and South Winooski Ave.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Houses - Identified
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- Description: 47 No. Winooski Ave. Sign on the porch reads McAllister. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as living and having his photo business at this address from 1916 to 1962.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores, Exteriors
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- Description: Burlington retail store entrances and parking lot for Irving's Fashions, Singer and People's. See also mcalB18F27i05
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Stores, Interiors
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- Description: Two men in front work on boats at the Champlain Marine and Realty Co. indoor shop. Two others work near work benches in the back. Three long wooden boats are seen. Banners advertise services, marine insurance, water demonstrations, Chris-Craft and Johnson Sea Horses.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: North Street
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- Description: Undated view (may be 1930s, 1940s) of North Street looking west. Retail stores line both sides of the street. Extreme left is Turner's Drug Store. Bloomberg's Shoe Store is at 191 North St. The tower further along the street on the left is the old Lawrence Barnes School (built 1896, torn down 1957-1958) between Rose and Murray Streets. On the right is Mazel's Department Store at 194 North St.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
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- Description: Undated photo (1929 or early 1930s?) of soil embankment along Riverside Ave showing portion of a timber barrier constructed by the city street dept. The Fairview Garage is in the background to the right at 110 Riverside Ave.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
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- Date Created: 1955-04-20
- Description: April 20, 1955. Construction of S.S. Kresge Company store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. W. C. Calhoun, supt. Seen is a large open ground area with timber supports on the perimeters. Workmen to the far right on upper levels.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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- Description: Interior view of the newly remodeled S. S. Kresge Company department store on Church Street, Burlington, Vermont. Seen here is the Hardware Dept. with hand tools and nearby rows of paint cans. A sign reads "Save Money, Have Fun, Do-It-Yourself, Have the Tools to Work With". Probable date 1955.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Machinery
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- Description: View of a room with Cooper Bessemer machinery at Penick & Ford. Noted as being the country's third largest maker of corn products in 1931. See also mcalA14F14i03
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Sewer Tile Construction Plant
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- Date Created: 1936-03-04
- Description: March 4, 1936 (1937?) This view shows the asphalt mixer scales, asphalt bucket, etcx85 used in weighting and mixing the concrete for the manufacture of the reinforced concrete sewer tile. All aggregates were heated in the dryer, screened into bins, and batched by weight. Also seen are bags of Lone Star cement. See also mcalA17F02i11
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs