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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    • Description: Undated and unidentified photo but this might be an interior view looking toward the dining room of the Ticonderoga steamboat ferry.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
    Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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      • Date Created: 1936-04-30
      • Description: April 30, 1936. Cooper-Bessimer engine being loaded into the body of a ferry being constructed by the General Ship & Engine Works in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company. The company was contracted to build both the City of Burlington and the City of Plattsburg ferries. Photo #15.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
      Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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        • Date Created: 1936-04-29
        • Description: April 29, 1936. Construction workers. The General Ship & Engine Works crew during the construction of the ferry, City of Burlington in Vermont for Mr. Horace Corbin of the Champlain Transportation Company. Carl G. Hedblom stands to the right with his hat in his hand. Third from the right in the first row is Carl Roessler. Photo #6. More info at http://www.byronhedblom.com/ships.html
        • 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 being built for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #48.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Vermont [Steamboat]
          Vermont [Steamboat]
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            • Description: Photo of the steamboat ferry, Vermont owned by the Champlain Transportation Company, with a large number of people on deck and in the foreground. Undated. 1920s? 1930s? The original Vermont side wheeler was built in 1808 by John and James Winans in Burlington, Vermont. It sank in 1815 but its engine and boiler were recovered and sold to the Lake Champlain Steamboat Company.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
            Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
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              • Description: July 6, 1936 City of Burlington (ferry) seen in Lake Champlain near the shore line with workmen, barges, cranes and track. Photo #73.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
              Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                • Description: July 7, 1936 photo of the double ended ferry, the City of Burlington afloat in the waters of Lake Champlain. In the foreground is an access ramp. To the right is a tug boat. Photo #75.
                • 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 the Champlain Transportation Company's ferry City of Plattsburg decked out with streamers of flags prepared for its launching. The boat is still in its cradle in dry dock. Many people have gathered to watch. Photo #1.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
                  Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                    • Date Created: 1936-04-27
                    • Description: April 27, 1936 Champlain Transportation Company ferry being constructed in Vermont by the General Ship & Engine Works. View of the site with the body of the ferry seen to the left. Photo #4.
                    • 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 the Champlain Transportation Company's ferry, City of Plattsburg approaching the dock for a landing. The Burlington break water is seen in the background.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs