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.
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Burlington Streets: North Street
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- Date Created: 1930-08-18
- Description: August 18, 1930. Caption reads "Prepairing [i.e. Preparing] road bed on North St at Champlain St prior to new construction." The Burlington Street Dept has torn up the old trolley (streetcar) tracks. To the left is drug store of Eugene Gosselin at 146 No. Champlain St. Across the street on the right is Vincent's Shoe Store at 144 No. Champlain. More information on this photo can be found on the web site Historic Project Burlington, Vermont Old North End 1930s and 1940s.
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Burlington Streets: North Street
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- Date Created: 1930-08-25
- Description: August 25, 1930. Intersection of North St and Champlain St open to traffic 3PM. A Burlington Rapid Transit Company bus on its North End Loop route seen in the center. Eugene Gosselin Drug Store at 146 No. Champlain St. is on the right. Road has been resurfaced by the city street dept.
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Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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- Date Created: 1938-10-19
- Description: October 19, 1938. Intersection of No. Champlain and North Bend Street. Homes are seen on each side of the street. North Bend was later renamed Manhattan Drive.
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Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
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- Date Created: 1934-04-23
- Description: April 23, 1934. View of Pearl Street looking west toward the lake. On the left is a corner of the Masonic Temple building. To the right the iron fence surrounding the property of the Unitarian Church can be seen. The corner of Elmwood Ave is visible mid photo to the right. A sign for the Texaco filling station at the corner is also seen. Automobiles and elm trees line the street. Pedestrians are out including a young child on roller skates with dog seen to the extreme left. More about the photo can be found on UVM's Historic Burlington Project, Burlington, Vermont, South of Pearl Street photographs from 1930s 1940s.
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Burlington Streets: Lakeside Ave
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- Date Created: 1945-12-05
- Description: December 5, 1945. City of Burlington, Vermont, Street Department. Lakeside Ave. Pavement Base Construction. This view was taken from a point near the intersection of Conger Ave. looking westerly toward the Lake Champlain. The new factory building just completed for the Blodgett Co. is shown with parking area base recently constructed between the street line and the building. Note the asphalt emulsion stabilized base which was mixed the previous day before taking this picture. Cold weather and frost conditions had frozen the base mixture on the left half of the street but the job was continued on the north half in spite of the low temperatures as the street had to be put in condition to receive traffic for the winter, this street being on a regular bus line. The job was continued by placing a 2 inch layer of crushed stone on this stabilized base and penetrating the same with asphalt emulsion and covering with concrete sand as a "blotter" for the winter and then opened to traffic. This project will be continued to completion in the spring by constructing an integral concrete curb and gutter on the south side of a 3 inch hot plant mix wearing surface over the entire pavement area. Note the asphalt distributor applying emulsion and the tractor and harrow mixing the base.
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Burlington Streets: Ledge Road
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- Date Created: 1935-10-09
- Description: October 9, 1935 view of intersection of Route 7 (Shelburne Road or Street) and bottom of Ledge Road as it ascends up hill to the east. City street dept workmen do road or sewer construction. A dept. truck supplies power.
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Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)
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- Description: Street dept crew resurfacing a portion of Main Street. Seen are several dept vehicles tamping the asphalt, spraying water to keep the dust down and unloading the asphalt. Undated (1930s?)
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Burlington Streets: Colchester Ave
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- Date Created: 1929-09-01
- Description: Sept. 1, 1929. Approach to Burlington end of the Winooski Bridge looking south from Bridge abutment -- Colchester Ave. in foreground with Winooski Lower Road (Riverside Ave) leading off at the right and Barrett Street at the left -- Note the old trolley car tracks and overhead wires after abandonment. This picture was taken just before construction work started on the new concrete pavement, sidewalk, curb and gutter. Ernest C. Potvin corner store seen to the left behind the parked cars. Photo published in Images of America Burlington, volume 2, p. 50.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Colchester Ave
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- Date Created: 1933-06-13
- Description: June 13, 1933 dated photo of repaving street construction by the Burlington street department crew on the south side of the street. View is looking north. Men are laying tar(?). Steamroller in the distance. On the left side of the photo is No. 66 Colchester Avenue. More about this photo can be found on UVM's Historic Burlington Project web site.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Colchester Ave
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- Date Created: 1929-10-19
- Description: Oct. 19, 1929 dated photo. Burlington street department crew repave a portion of Colchester Ave at Chase Street. This one shows the length of the wire grid from for the concrete. It is being poured from a gondola into a wire grid road bed frame. The men then level the concrete. The hose provides water from a nearby hydrant for mixing. More information on this photo and other similar ones can be found on UVM's Historic Burlington Project web site.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs