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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290 Burlington (Vt.). 147 Buildings. 84 Stores, Retail. 83 Employees. 56 Street photography. 51 Machinery. 47 Men. 41 Portrait photography. 38 Interior architecture. 37 Advertising. 32 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 32 Service stations. 28 Automobiles. 28 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 26 Construction projects. 23 High school students. 23 Trucks. 20 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 20 Construction workers. 20 Department stores. 20 Women. 19 Architectural photography. 13 S.S. Kresge Company. 12 Family. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Offices. 10 Winooski (Vt.). 9 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Dwellings. 9 Restaurants. 8 Exhibit booths. 8 Exhibitions. 7 Auditoriums. 7 Boats and boating. 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Drugstores. 6 Bank buildings. 5 Beauty operators. 5 Painting. 5 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 5 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Convenience stores. 4 Cosmetics. 4 Dolls. 4 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Trailers. 3 A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc. 3 Animals. 3 Billboards. 3 Boys. 3 Church buildings. 3 Gas ovens. 3 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 3 Railroad tracks. 3 Refrigerators. 2 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Cows. 2 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Furniture. 2 Hotels. 2 House furnishings. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Puppets. 2 Stoves. 2 Toys. 2 Van Ness House. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Children. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Dairying -- Equipment and supplies. 1 Farms. 1 Flowers. 1 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Horses. 1 Infants. 1 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 1 Railroad trains. 1 Snow removal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Street signs. 1 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Theaters. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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Miniature of Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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    • Date Created: 1955-09-12
    • Description: September 12, 1955. A portion of the remodeled S. S. Kresge department Company store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Wm G. Younglove, Supt. Display counters are being assembled.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Houses - Identified
    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
      Miniature of Houses - Identified
      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 having his photo business here and living at this address from 1916 to 1962.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits, groups, unidentified
        Portraits, groups, unidentified
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          • Date Created: 1955
          • Description: 1955 photo Mr. Ben B. Lane of The Lane Press in Burlington stands with his daughter, Vickie Lane, looking at a framed wall hanging entitled "This is a printing office". A signature seems to appear in the lower right corner of the wall hanging. Photo appears in the 1955 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 145.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Stores, Exteriors
          Stores, Exteriors
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            • Description: Burlington retail store People's and parking lot.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Stores, Interiors
            Stores, Interiors
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              • Description: Interior view of what may be an office supply store. Wall shelves are lined with boxes, soft sided leather brief cases and other supplies. A large selection of pens are seen in the glass display case in front. Folded American flags are also seen on the under shelves of the long front counter.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
              Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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                • Description: Marine exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing motor boat equipment and accessories being sold by Chiott's Marine Distributors. Photo #1.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
                Vermont Structural Steel
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                  • Description: Business office of Vermont Structural Steel with a sign with the name F. W. Floyd, Chief Engineer seen in upper left corner. 1951.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
                  Vermont Structural Steel
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                    • Date Created: 1951
                    • Description: Another view of the business office of Vermont Structural Steel. Sign with the name F. W. Floyd, Chief Engineer seen in upper right corner. 1951.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
                    Blodgett Oven Company
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                      • Description: 1947/1949 Employees assemble parts of an industrial oven being manufactured on the assembly line at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs