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 Winooski Bridge Construction
Winooski Bridge Construction
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    • Description: View of where the Winooski Bridge was swept away in the 1927 flood. Still much debris seen. View is looking across the river up Colchester Ave on the Burlington side. To the far right no longer is seen the Johnson Grain Co. building as it has been torn down.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Bridges: Unidentified
    Bridges: Unidentified
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      • Date Created: undated
      • Description: Laying pipeline in channel through ice beneath metal bridge
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Bridges, Potash Brook
      Bridges, Potash Brook
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        • Date Created: 1928
        • Description: Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington Streets: Mill St.
        Burlington Streets: Mill St.
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          • Date Created: 1941-11-01
          • Description: Photograph dated Nov. 1, 1941. Looking westerly, the bridge crossing the Winooski River can be seen. Original caption reads: Mill Street, Burlington, Vermont showing completed job. American Bitumuls Stabilizer being used for 4 1/2" stabilized base on which a 2" penetration armour coat has been constructed. The sidewalk at the right was constructed with soft coal cinders and stabilized with Bitumuls Stabalizer.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Winooski Bridge Repair
          Winooski Bridge Repair
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            • Date Created: 1943-06-02
            • Description: June 2, 1943. On the Winooski Bridge under repair. Traffic still flows on one side. Center section of bridge dug up. View toward Winooski.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
            Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
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              • Date Created: 1951
              • Description: 1951 photo of Highway Bridge in Cambridge, Vermont located on Route 15 ; constructed by the Vermont Structural Steel Company
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Heineberg Bridge (old)
              Heineberg Bridge (old)
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                • Date Created: 1935-02-16
                • Description: Photograph dated 2-16-35. Original caption reads: Recent break in main chord of downstream side at Colchester end of Heineberg Bridge.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Bridges, Potash Brook
                Bridges, Potash Brook
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                  • Date Created: 1928
                  • Description: Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Bridges, Potash Brook
                  Bridges, Potash Brook
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                    • Date Created: 1928
                    • Description: Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Bridges, Potash Brook
                    Bridges, Potash Brook
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                      • Date Created: 1928
                      • Description: Workers constructing bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs