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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Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
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"
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
    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.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
      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.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of War Bond Campaign
        War Bond Campaign
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          • Date Created: 1944
          • Description: 1944 photo of a store window display promoting war bonds ("Buy an Extra U.S. War Bond Now!") and heralding the 4th War Loan (or fund raising) campaign. The display also pays tribute to Poland ("a Nation Bathed in Blood") and the strength of the Polish people. One poster has "an open letter to the unconquerable (?) Poles."
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
          Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
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            • Date Created: 1947
            • Description: 1947 photo of machinery and materials outside the buildings of Vt. Structural Steel.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
            Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
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              • Date Created: undated
              • Description: Sherwin-Williams Paints window display and advertising for Pestroy (pest + destroy = Pestroy), DDT based insecticide seen in other photos. Ads proclaim the lethal effects of Pestroy in the home.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
              Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
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                • Date Created: 1948
                • Description: 1948 photo of gathering of women, very likely customers, and presumably in a Singer sewing machine store, although the location and occasion are unknown.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
                Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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                  • Date Created: 1945
                  • Description: Bookstore or magazine shop (see mcalB18F29i11). Employees and a customer (?) looking at the Saturday Evening Post (edition dated 2 Oct., 1943). Selection seems to have mostly popular and pulp fiction titles.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
                  Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
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                    • Date Created: 1937
                    • Description: 1937. A duplicate of mcalB18F20i06, this photo shows 10 men, all administrators and employees of Burlington Grocery Co., 47-49 Maple St., Burlington, Vt.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Stores - People's Department Store (Burlington, VT)
                    Stores - People's Department Store (Burlington, VT)
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                      • Date Created: 1952
                      • Description: 25 Church Street : Rear entrance to People's Dept. store, with truck in foreground.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs