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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    • 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 #11.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
    Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
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      • Date Created: 1936
      • Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's ferry the Roosevelt cruising on Lake Champlain.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Shelburne Shipyard
      Shelburne Shipyard
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        • Description: Is this the underside of the steamboat Vermont with a view of its paddlewheel in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard? See also mcalA18F16i06 for another view.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington Lakefront
        Burlington Lakefront
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          • Date Created: 1934
          • Description: January 9, 1934. Photo #8. Goodsell Dock and ferry boat, Oneida, at the Burlington lake front on Lake Champlain.
          • 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 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's "City of Burlington" ferry in Lake Champlain anchored just off shore. Workmen are on deck and a barge is off to the left. Photo #71.
            • 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: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's "City of Burlington" ferry docked near pilings in Lake Champlain. Photo #1.
              • 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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                • 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 #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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                  • Description: 1936 photo of a Champlain Transportation Company ferry anchored inside the Burlington water front break water decked out with streamers of flags from bow to stern.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ticonderoga
                  Champlain Transportation Co. - Ticonderoga
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                    • Description: July 4, 1936 photo of two ferries on Lake Champlain. The City of Burlington is seen to the left as it seems to be easing its way into the water at its launching. The steamboat Ticonderoga is in the distance. People stand ashore watching. Photo #67.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
                    Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                      • Description: June 1936 photo of the wooden support cradle for a ferry being built for the Champlain Transportation Company. Probably the City of Burlington. Photo #58.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs