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. - Ferry Construction
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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    • Description: April 26, 1936. Champlain Transportation Company ferry being constructed in Vermont by the General Ship & Engine Works. The body is supported by wooden beams. Photo #2.
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    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
    Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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      • Description: May 4, 1936. Almost a bird's eye view of the construction site of a ferry being built in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #19.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
      Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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        • Description: June 24, 1936. View of the underside of newly constructed ferry being built for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Can see the cradle that supports the ferry and the boat's propeller. Photo #50.
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        Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
        Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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          • Description: June 24, 1936 close-up photo of the propeller and rudder on a ferry in its cradle being built for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #52.
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          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.
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            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 as it pulls away from the dock. Both main and upper decks are crowded with people. Buildings along the shore line can be seen. Photo #4.
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              Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
              Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                • Description: July 7, 1936 photo of a ferry in the water down at the Burlington waterfront. An access loading ramp seems to be under construction. Photo #77.
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                Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
                Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                  • Description: July 2, 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company ferry, City of Burlington. She is decorated with streamers of flags from bow to stern. A crowd of people stand nearby to watch the launching. Photo #62.
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                  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 Champlain Transportation Co. - Ticonderoga
                    Champlain Transportation Co. - Ticonderoga
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                      • Description: 1936 photo of the steamboat Ticonderoga cruising in Lake Champlain just inside the breakwater near the waterfront in Burlington, Vermont.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs