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 Heineberg Bridge (new)
Heineberg Bridge (new)
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    • Description: This view shows the new Heineberg Bridge just before completion of the new pavement on the Burlington Approach.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Winooski Bridge - Opening Ceremonies (4X5's)
    Winooski Bridge - Opening Ceremonies (4X5's)
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      • Date Created: 1928-08-04
      • Description: August 4, 1928. Opening ceremony of the Winooski Bridge that connects Burlington and Winooski. Sign for James E. Cashman, general contractor to the right. Banners and American flags fly overhead. Cars drive over the new bridge. Champlain Mill seen in the background. Photo No. 10
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Winooski Bridge
      Winooski Bridge
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        • Date Created: 1943-06-03
        • Description: June 3, 1943. This view shows a close-up of the "A" frame and special attachment for a "rolling pull". In removing the (trolley track) rails on this project without the aid of a cutting torch and with very little damage to the pavement.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Winooski Bridge (Washout) (4X5's)
        Winooski Bridge (Washout) (4X5's)
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          • Description: View of the pontoon bridge constructed after the November 1927 flood. Only foot traffic was allowed. Mill buildings seen to the left and far right. The Brunswick Hotel at 21 Main Street 2nd building from right.
          • 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 Bridges, Potash Brook (4X5)
              Bridges, Potash Brook (4X5)
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                • Date Created: 1928
                • Description: Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Bridges: Unidentified
                Bridges: Unidentified
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                  • Date Created: undated
                  • Description: Blasting channel in ice beneath metal bridge
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Heineberg Bridge (new)
                  Heineberg Bridge (new)
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                    • Description: Original caption reads: W.P.M.S. Project 185A. Heineberg Bridge This is a view showing the fabrication of the new, steel Heineberg Bridge as seen from the down stream side of the project.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Heineberg Bridge (old)
                    Heineberg Bridge (old)
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                      • Date Created: 1937-03-03
                      • Description: Photograph dated Mar. 3, 1937, of an explosion during the demolition of the old Heineberg Bridge.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs