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

List

Gallery

Information

Showing 11 - 19 of 19 Records

Relevance Title (A-Z) Title (Z-A) Year (0-9) Year (9-0)
10 25 50 100
Active filters
Subject Topic Merge: Buses.   Remove all  

19 still image
Miniature of Vermont Transit Lines
Vermont Transit Lines
Image nop
    • Date Created: 1945-05
    • Description: May 1945. Rear end of Vermont Transit Lines bus, The Green Mountaineer 190, showing three licenses (common carrier, Vermont and ICC number)
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
    Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
    Image nop
      • Date Created: 1947
      • Description: 1947 Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing beside a Green Mountaineer chartered bus. Suitcases are seen in front. Two nuns and the bus driver with the group. Photo #32.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
      Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
      Image nop
        • Date Created: 1947
        • Description: 1947 Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing beside a Green Mountaineer chartered bus. Suitcases are seen in front. Two nuns and the bus driver with the group. Photo #31.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
        Camp Abnaki - Campers and Families
        Image nop
          • Description: Young campers lined up outside a Vermont Transit Lines bus with counselor and bus driver at Camp Abnaki in North Hero, Vt. Photograph is dated July 1944. Photo #32.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of National Grange
          National Grange
          Image nop
            • Date Created: 1953
            • Description: 1953 photo of National Grange members with Trailways Tour bus in front of Burlington City Hall, corner of Church and Main Street, Burlington, Vt. Photo #3.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Vermont Transit Lines
            Vermont Transit Lines
            Image nop
              • Description: May 1945. Damaged front end of Vermont Transit Lines bus, The Green Mountaineer 190 showing license plate number 115 and plate "Public Service Vechicle 19 VT 45". Letters "acf" center beneath windshields.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Vermont Transit Lines
              Vermont Transit Lines
              Image nop
                • Date Created: 1945
                • Description: May 1945. Damaged side of Vermont Transit Lines bus, The Green Mountaineer 190.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Vermont Transit Co.
                Vermont Transit Co.
                Image nop
                  • Date Created: 1935
                  • Description: 1935. Photo of a Vermont Transit Co. bus at the bus barn, Riverside Ave, Burlington, Vermont. White Motor Company, deluxe model. On the side of the bus is the route that it made. The VTC logo is also seen. An open rack on the top of the bus to the rear for luggage.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Burlington - Street Views
                  Burlington - Street Views
                  Image nop
                    • Date Created: 1945/1946
                    • Description: 1945/1946 St. Paul Street, Burlington, Vermont showing store fronts. Extreme left is the Burlington Rapid Transit Company bus terminal at 137 St. Paul Street, a pool room, Sherwin Electric at 129, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company at 123-125.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs