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 Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
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    • Date Created: 1946
    • Description: Interior of Abraham's Drug Store at 111 Church St., Burlington. Arrangement of display cases forms an arch.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Burlington Streets: North Street
    Burlington Streets: North Street
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      • Description: Undated view (may be 1930s, 1940s) of North Street looking west. Retail stores line both sides of the street. Extreme left is Turner's Drug Store. Bloomberg's Shoe Store is at 191 North St. The tower further along the street on the left is the old Lawrence Barnes School (built 1896, torn down 1957-1958) between Rose and Murray Streets. On the right is Mazel's Department Store at 194 North St.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (D-G)
      Automobiles - Sales and Service (D-G)
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        • Description: Gulf gas service station at the corner of Pearl Street and No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. C.A. Congdon Construction. Also seen is Young's drug store to the left. 1952?
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington Streets: North Street
        Burlington Streets: North Street
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          • Date Created: 1930-08-18
          • Description: August 18, 1930. View looking west on construction completed at North Street and Elmwood Ave intersection. This is a five-point intersection that included Intervale Avenue. Street has been resurfaced covering the old trolley (cable) streetcar tracks. City dept. vehicle steam roller seen to the right. Louis N. Turner, druggist store to the left at the corner advertising candy and cigars. Also on the left is Bloomberg's Shoes at No. 191. To the right on the opposite corner is 202 North St location of Burlington Cut Price Shoe Shop and further down is a sign for Mazel's Dept Store at 194 North St.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
          Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
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            • Date Created: 1946
            • Description: Interior of Abraham's Drug Store at 111 Church St., Burlington.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
            Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
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              • Date Created: 1946
              • Description: Interior of Abraham's Drug Store at 111 Church St., Burlington.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
              Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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                • Date Created: 1935
                • Description: Drugstore. Same drugstore as in mcalB18F29i03 but seen from the entrance, which reveals a soda fountain with several stools on the right and more shelves of products at the far end of the store.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs