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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99 Burlington (Vt.). 46 Buildings. 28 Business. 27 Street photography. 25 Construction projects. 21 Traffic accidents. 16 Architectural photography. 12 Animals. 12 Men. 12 Service stations. 11 Employees. 11 Landscape photography. 8 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 8 Burlington International Airport. 6 Dwellings. 6 Winooski (Vt.). 5 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Construction workers. 5 Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.). 5 Portrait photography. 5 Stores, Retail. 5 Women. 4 Hospitals. 4 Interior architecture. 4 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Soldiers. 4 Street signs. 4 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Trucks. 4 Urban parks. 3 Billboards. 3 Children. 3 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 3 Horses. 3 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 3 Police. 3 Theaters. 3 Vermont Emergency Relief Administration. 3 Vermont State Police. 3 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 3 Wreckers (Vehicles). 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Drugstores. 2 Factories. 2 Family. 2 Ferries. 2 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 2 Machinery. 2 Military supplies. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Railroad tracks. 2 Street-railroad tracks. 2 University of Vermont. 2 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 2 Women veterans. 1 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 1 Advertising. 1 Armed Forces -- Officers. 1 Auditoriums. 1 Barns. 1 Battery Park (Vt.). 1 Boats and boating. 1 Bridges. 1 Bristol (Vt.). 1 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 1 Cavalry. 1 Champlain Transportation Company. 1 Chapels. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Church buildings. 1 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Colchester (Vt.). 1 Convenience stores. 1 Dolls. 1 Essex Junction (Vt.). 1 Farmhouses. 1 Flag raising and lowering. 1 Fletcher Free Library. 1 Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.). 1 High school students. 1 Housing. 1 Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.). 1 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 1 Parades. 1 Post office buildings. 1 Railroad trains. 1 Santa Claus. 1 Sewage disposal. 1 Shelburne (Vt.). 1 Steamboats. 1 Ticonderoga (Steamship). 1 United States Work Projects Administration. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 1 Veterans.

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Miniature of Automobiles - Accidents
Automobiles - Accidents
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    • Description: Photo of a car and its driver's side front fender that is crushed apparently from an automobile accident. 1936/58? Summer
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
    Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
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      • Date Created: 1950
      • Description: 1950 Yandow Motor Co. located at 11-15 So Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vt. Pontiac motor cars sales, show room and service. Harry A. Yandow, proprietor.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
      Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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        • Description: ROTC artillery on the march to the range Fort Ethan Allen Vt. July 1934. Column of horse drawn artillery and mounted soldiers accompanied by an automobile.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
        Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington - Construction
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          • Date Created: 1952-03-10
          • Description: March 10, 1952. Construction of Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim, Mead & White. Builders Vermilya Brown Co., Inc.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of McAllister Portraits with Foxes
          McAllister Portraits with Foxes
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            • Description: A man, possibly Louis McAllister, pictured with fox furs. The pelts are strung along a line on the side of an automobile. Undated but may be 1930s - 1940s.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington Lakefront
            Burlington Lakefront
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              • Date Created: 1932-12-20 00:00:00
              • Description: December 20, 1932. This photograph of the Burlington lake front is captioned: "Outfall end of new trunk line sewer. Old sewer shown on extreme right," Picture also shows brick building with smokestacks, automobiles, and railroad cars.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Johnson, VT (Shell Garage)
              Johnson, VT (Shell Garage)
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                • Description: Shell Garage in Johnson, Vermont. Photo dated 1944. A mechanic adds air to a tire of a car.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Military Groups
                Military Groups
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                  • Date Created: 1945
                  • Description: 1945 photo of a group of ladies seated in the back of a military jeep. An American flag is seen flying.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs