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 Machinery
Machinery
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    • Description: Photo of a large piece of machinery labeled STAMCO sheet and plate machinery / The ? Tool Manufacturing Co. Dated 1949-1950.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
    Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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      • Date Created: circa 1951
      • Description: Ca. 1951 photo of a large warehouse at Vt. Structural Steel, with several employees preparing to ship some I-beams, some of which are massive (left).
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Well Drillers
      Well Drillers
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        • Date Created: 1935-1936
        • Description: 1935 / 1936 photo of well drillers and well drilling machine.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Farms - Haying
        Farms - Haying
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          • Description: Undated photo of a farmhand riding horse driven hay cutting machinery.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
          Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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            • Description: Undated photo of interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Machinery
            Machinery
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              • Date Created: circa 1930's
              • Description: 1930s photo of the interior of a machine room.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Machinery
              Machinery
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                • Date Created: 1945
                • Description: Dated 1945. Interior view of a machine, tool, repair room. Calendar on the wall reads Vermont Transit Lines October 1945.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Machinery
                Machinery
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                  • Date Created: 1935
                  • Description: 1935 view of the interior of an office / work room. A man sits at what looks to be a roll top desk.
                  • 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
                    Miniature of Shelburne Shipyard
                    Shelburne Shipyard
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                      • Description: View while on the cradle hauled out on track looking toward the Marine Railway building at the Shelburne Shipyard. Undated but late 1920s, early 1930?
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs