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.
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Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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- Date Created: 1932-10-01
- Description: Photograph dated Oct. 1, 1932 of a paving project at the corner of North Winooski Avenue and Riverside Avenue.
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Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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- Date Created: 1932-09-16
- Description: Photograph dated Sept. 16, 1932 of a construction crew working on a surfacing project on North Winooski Ave.
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Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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- Date Created: 1932-09-16
- Description: Photograph dated Sept. 16, 1932 of a road paving project on North Winooski Ave. The structure to the left may be the garage of the Burlington Rapid Transit Co. which was located at 343 North Winooski Avenue.
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Sewer Projects
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- Date Created: 1932-08-11
- Description: August 11, 1932. View of water running through an opening in a sewer project.
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Sewer Projects
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- Date Created: 1932-06-04
- Description: June 4, 1932. A view of metal side supports and timber cross beams with some planks in place over a water filled trench.
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Sewer Projects
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- Date Created: 1932-03-09
- Description: March 9, 1932. Members of a crew work with shovels on a timber platform within a wooden frame. Lumber is seen laying on the ground to the left. Trucks and other equipment are in the area.
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Surveyors
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- Date Created: 1932-12-07
- Description: December 7, 1932. Two surveyors with measuring instrument. One surveyor stands in a deep hole at the base of an embankment.
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Sewer Projects
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- Date Created: 1932-03-09
- Description: March 9, 1932. Several men of a crew work beneath an overpass or bridge. Heavy tree trunks support timbers.
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Sewer Projects (4X5)
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- Date Created: 1932-06
- Description: June 1932. View of a wide trench down the middle of the street at a sewer project site. Wooden timber structures are seen in the trench. Photo printed backwards as the date is seen written backwards in the lower left corner.
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Burlington Streets: DeForest Road
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- Date Created: 1932-07-13 00:00:00
- Description: July 13, 1932 dated photo. #3 DeForest St. 7-13-32. Looking easterly from Pine Grove toward Overlake Park before construction of Telford Stone Base.
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