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 Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
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    • Description: 1948/1949 Photo of oven hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
    Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
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      • Description: Dated 1937 Photo of oven parts and hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
      Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
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        • Description: Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont. Undated.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
        Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
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          • Description: Photo of oven hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont. Undated.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
          Blodgett Oven Company
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            • Description: 1947/1949 photo of a product on a fork lift packed for shipment at the Blodgett Oven Company located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. A view of the manufacturing plant seen in the background.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
            Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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              • Description: 1936 photo of a Cooper-Bessemer engine on a railroad flatbed car.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Dairy Equipment
              Dairy Equipment
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                • Description: 1945 photo of a dairy equipment presentation and demonstration in a room with elegantly curtained windows and hanging chandeliers. Could the location be Contois Auditorium in City Hall, Burlington, Vermont? Seen are round arched windows and a balcony in back.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
                Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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                  • Date Created: circa 1951
                  • Description: Ca. 1951 photo of a shop at Vt. Structural Steel, with several work zones of machinery and collections of steel products or steel to be processed. A central track runs through the middle of the shop, allowing for easy transport of heavy objects.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Farms - Haying
                  Farms - Haying
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                    • Date Created: 1951
                    • Description: 1951 photo of a hay field with farm workers driving a tracker and cut hay being sent through a shoot and into a hay wagon.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
                    Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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                      • Date Created: circa 1951
                      • Description: Ca. 1951 photo of a cone-shaped structure designed at Vt. Structural Steel. Purpose of the object is unknown.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs