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 Vermont Structural Steel
Vermont Structural Steel
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    • Description: Two male employees working with large machinery at the Vermont Structural Steel plant on Flynn Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Dated 1951.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
    Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
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      • Description: 1948/1949 Photo of oven control device with name Robert Shaw and temperature range of 250 to 600; parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Dairy Equipment
      Dairy Equipment
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        • Description: 1945 photo of a dairy equipment demonstration in a room with elegantly curtained windows and hanging chandeliers. Could the location be Contois Auditorium in City Hall, Burlington, Vermont?
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
        Portraits - Individuals
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          • Date Created: 1940s
          • Description: Mid 1940s interior view of a large high tin ceiling room with sewing machines, a large central table and patterns attached to the wall
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Machinery
          Machinery
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            • Description: A piece of machinery seems to be the focus of attention of several men as they stand gazing at it. Dated 1947.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Machinery
            Machinery
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              • Description: A large piece of machinery stands outside a building with corrugated metal siding.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits - Children
              Portraits - Children
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                • Date Created: 1944
                • Description: Two images, one of an infant seated on a couch, the other of a young woman standing at a machine. Seen here is a machine similar to a Gammeter Multigraph printer (right) and a typesetter (left). The typesetter is also similar to a Roneo Distributing Fount of the 1920s. Photo dated 1944.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Machinery
                Machinery
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                  • Description: Another view of the machine room seen in mcalA12F14i02. Several men are working on various types of motors, engines, etc.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Shelburne Shipyard
                  Shelburne Shipyard
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                    • Description: View of the line of tracks leading to the shore and the partially submerged dry dock cradle.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Shelburne Shipyard
                    Shelburne Shipyard
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                      • Description: Photo of the heavy chains part of the machinery that maneuvers the heavy boats at the Shelburne Shipyard.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs