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 Automobiles
Automobiles
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    • Description: Interior view of a Chrysler DeSoto car dealership show room. 1948/1950
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Burlington - Street Views
    Burlington - Street Views
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      • Description: 1946/1947 view of Church Street showing store fronts, Thom McAn shoe store, Stein clothes, Kinney Shoes, Kresge.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits - Groups, Identified
      Portraits - Groups, Identified
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        • Date Created: 1945
        • Description: 1945 photo of Texaco Oil Co. employees standing outside a building. Oil barrels seen behind them. A piece of paper is being handed from one man to another. Photo #5. City directory lists The Texas Co, a gas and oil company located on Lake Street in Burlington.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
        Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: 1945 photo of a group of men and women, very likely co-workers. Business and location are unknown but a sign off to the left side in the back may provide some clues.
          • 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 Vermont Structural Steel Co. building with tractor trailer loaded with steel beam and parked along railroad tracks.
            • 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 the interior of a large warehouse and shop at Vt. Structural Steel.
              • 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 building interior, presumably at Vt. Structural Steel, constructed mostly of steel beams and corrugated metal, with a few air ducts woven into the rows of beams.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
                Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
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                  • Date Created: 1955
                  • Description: 1955, probable date. Completed construction of S.S. Kresge Company department store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Seen here is the cement block wall of the building. In the center background can be seen the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Offices
                  Offices
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                    • Description: Page 3 of the December 14th, 1962 issue of the Business Outlook.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Offices
                    Offices
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                      • Description: Another view of page 3 of the December 14th, 1962 issue of the Business Outlook.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs