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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290 Burlington (Vt.). 147 Buildings. 84 Stores, Retail. 83 Employees. 56 Street photography. 51 Machinery. 47 Men. 41 Portrait photography. 38 Interior architecture. 37 Advertising. 32 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 32 Service stations. 28 Automobiles. 28 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 26 Construction projects. 23 High school students. 23 Trucks. 20 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 20 Construction workers. 20 Department stores. 20 Women. 19 Architectural photography. 13 S.S. Kresge Company. 12 Family. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Offices. 10 Winooski (Vt.). 9 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Dwellings. 9 Restaurants. 8 Exhibit booths. 8 Exhibitions. 7 Auditoriums. 7 Boats and boating. 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Drugstores. 6 Bank buildings. 5 Beauty operators. 5 Painting. 5 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 5 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Convenience stores. 4 Cosmetics. 4 Dolls. 4 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Trailers. 3 A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc. 3 Animals. 3 Billboards. 3 Boys. 3 Church buildings. 3 Gas ovens. 3 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 3 Railroad tracks. 3 Refrigerators. 2 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Cows. 2 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Furniture. 2 Hotels. 2 House furnishings. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Puppets. 2 Stoves. 2 Toys. 2 Van Ness House. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Children. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Dairying -- Equipment and supplies. 1 Farms. 1 Flowers. 1 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Horses. 1 Infants. 1 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 1 Railroad trains. 1 Snow removal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Street signs. 1 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Theaters. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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    • Date Created: 1947
    • Description: 1947 photo of American Auto Paint Shop at 139-147 South Champlain St., Burlington, Vermont
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Business Enterprises - A-B
    Business Enterprises - A-B
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      • Date Created: 1947
      • Description: 1947 photo of the American Auto Paint Shop.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Business Enterprises - A-B
      Business Enterprises - A-B
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        • Description: Burlington Electric Motor Service Inc. with employees. Undated but may be 1935 / 1936.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Business Enterprises - I-Z
        Business Enterprises - I-Z
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          • Date Created: 1952
          • Description: 1952 photo of Ernest Lesage Fuel Service located at 104 Malletts Bay Ave, Winooski, Vermont.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
          Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
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            • Date Created: 1946/1947
            • Description: 1946/47 completed construction and expansion project at a Winooski, Vermont auto sales and service gas station. Could this be Roscoe's Garage at 262 Main St.? To the right is the Bissonette Grocery located at 254 Main Street.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
            Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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              • Date Created: 1955
              • Description: 1955 photo of Judy Hauck and her father, Mr. George K. Hauck of the George K. Hauck Agency. Photo appears in the 1955 BHS yearbook Oread, p. 109.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Business Enterprises - C-D
              Business Enterprises - C-D
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                • Date Created: 1951/1952
                • Description: 1951/1952 photo of a moving van owned by Chase Movers & Storage. Office and warehouse located at 77-83 College Street.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Business Enterprises - I-Z
                Business Enterprises - I-Z
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                  • Date Created: 1952
                  • Description: 1952 photo of Ernest Lesage Fuel Service staff. Business located at 104 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, Vt.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
                  Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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                    • Description: Photo of Interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. focusing on some of the machines.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
                    Vermont Structural Steel
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                      • Description: Office of Vermont Structural Steel with engineers working at drafting tables. 1951.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs