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: 1936 photo of the construction of a ferry (perhaps the City of Burlington) being built for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
    Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
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      • Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's ferry Roosevelt as it cruises out into Lake Champlain.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Vermont [Steamboat]
      Vermont [Steamboat]
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        • Description: View of the steamboat Vermont III on the cradle at the Shelburne Shipyard just a the water's edge of Lake Champlain. The boat is perhaps being maneuvered into dry dock.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
        Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
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          • Date Created: 1936
          • Description: 1936 broadside photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's ferry City of Plattsburg cruising on Lake Champlain. Photo #3.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
          Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
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            • Date Created: 1936
            • Description: 1936 photo of two Champlain Transportation Company's ferries as they cross paths on Lake Champlain. The ferry City of Plattsburg is on the left. Photo #2.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
            Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
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              • Date Created: 1936
              • Description: 1936 photo of a Champlain Transportation Company ferry cruising the waters of Lake Champlain.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
              Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                • Date Created: 1936-05-04
                • Description: May 4, 1936. Close-up view of a construction worker welding the underside of a ferry being built in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #22.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
                Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                  • Date Created: 1936-06-24
                  • Description: June 24, 1936. Photo of a ferry in its cradle as it nears completion. It is being built for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #51.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
                  Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                    • Date Created: 1936
                    • Description: 1936 photo of an engine room with Cooper Bessemer machinery.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Misc
                    Champlain Transportation Co. - Misc
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                      • Date Created: 1936
                      • Description: 1936 photo of a photo tacked to a surface. Seen are workmen assembling a support structure, probably the beginning of a ferry being built on a cradle.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs