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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Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
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    • Description: 1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #5.
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    Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
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      • Description: 1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #11.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
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        • Description: 1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #12.
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        Bristol School -Class Pictures [Prints]
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          • Description: 1945 Bristol School class photo in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont. Photo #2.
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          Blodgett Oven Company
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            • Description: 1947/1949 Employees work on the assembly line of the oven manufacturing firm G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc. located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Advertised as being "the largest industrial oven manufacturing concern in the world"
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            Blodgett Oven Company
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              • Description: 1947/1949 An employee of the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens is seen working with a hose on one of the double deck ovens. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Photo #4.
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              Blodgett Oven Company
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                • Description: 1947/1949 An employee of the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens, is seen working on the body of an oven on the assembly line. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
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                Bristol School -Basketball
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                  • Description: 1945-1946 Bristol School girls' basketball team in front of the old high school with coach in Bristol, Vermont. One girl holds a large plush panda bear mascot dressed in team uniform. Photo #18.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Boats
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                    • Description: 1944-1945 photo of top deck of a huge boat with a view of Lake Champlain beyond. Location most likely Shelburne Shipyard.
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                    Blodgett Oven Company - Ovens
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                      • Description: Dated 1944 Photo of a multi deck industrial or commercial oven made by the G. S. Blodgett Co. in Burlington, Vermont.
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