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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624 Burlington (Vt.). 330 Architectural photography. 229 Construction projects. 147 Business. 132 Dwellings. 110 Interior architecture. 95 Portrait photography. 89 Hospitals. 88 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 77 Street photography. 70 Men. 59 Landscape photography. 57 Burlington International Airport. 54 Machinery. 54 Women. 52 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 48 Housing. 47 University of Vermont. 47 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 46 Automobiles. 41 Grand Isle (Vt.). 39 Employees. 38 Stores, Retail. 38 Winooski (Vt.). 37 Construction workers. 35 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 34 Camps. 32 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 31 Department stores. 30 Priests. 28 St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.). 27 S.S. Kresge Company. 27 Students. 24 Bridges. 24 Young women. 23 Service stations. 23 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 22 Shelburne (Vt.). 21 United States Public Works Administration. 19 Auditoriums. 17 Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.). 17 Winooski River (Vt.). 16 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 15 Colchester (Vt.). 15 Girls. 15 Trucks. 14 Class reunions. 12 College students. 12 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 12 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 12 Young men. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Railroad tracks. 11 Rivers. 10 Museums. 10 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 9 Animals. 9 Banners. 9 Boats and boating. 9 Gymnasiums. 8 Bank buildings. 8 Camping. 8 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 8 Nuns. 8 Sand and gravel mines and mining. 8 Waste disposal sites. 7 Barns. 7 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 College graduates. 7 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Factories. 7 Family. 7 Nurses. 7 Vergennes (Vt.). 7 Williston (Vt.). 6 Church buildings. 6 Furniture. 6 High school graduates. 6 Painting. 6 Refuse and refuse disposal. 6 Shelburne Museum. 5 Champlain, Lake. 5 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Flood damage. 5 Hotels. 5 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 5 Shelburne Shipyard, Inc. 4 Advertising. 4 American Legion. 4 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 4 Chapels. 4 Christmas greens. 4 College teachers. 4 General Electric Company. 4 House furnishings. 4 Musicians. 4 Reunions. 4 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Theaters. 4 Urban parks. 3 Bands (Music). 3 Boys. 3 Bridegrooms. 3 Brides. 3 Cake. 3 Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.). 3 Exhibit booths. 3 Farms. 3 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Horses. 3 Motels. 3 Oil storage tanks. 3 Street signs. 3 Street-railroad tracks. 3 Trailers. 2 Airplanes. 2 Buses. 2 Cafeterias. 2 Chairs. 2 Children. 2 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Convenience stores. 2 Dance. 2 Drugstores. 2 Farmhouses. 2 First communion. 2 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 2 Middlebury (Vt.). 2 Middlebury College. 2 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 2 Musical groups. 2 Railroad trains. 2 Robert Hull Fleming Museum. 2 School children. 2 Snow removal. 2 Soldiers. 2 Totem poles. 2 United Service Organizations (U.S.). 2 United States Work Projects Administration. 2 Worship programs. 1 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 1 Actors. 1 American Red Cross. 1 Baseball. 1 Boy Scouts. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Camp MacArthur (Vt.). 1 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Costume. 1 Cows. 1 DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Dolls. 1 Drum majorettes. 1 Essex Junction (Vt.). 1 Exhibitions. 1 Gardens. 1 Greek letter societies. 1 Handicraft. 1 High school athletes. 1 High school buildings. 1 High school students. 1 High school teachers. 1 Lighthouses. 1 Montpelier (Vt.). 1 Santa Claus. 1 Sewage disposal. 1 St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Tennis. 1 Van Ness House. 1 Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.). 1 Waitsfield (Vt.). 1 Weddings. 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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Miniature of Vergennes High School - Graduates
Vergennes High School - Graduates
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    • Date Created: 1950
    • Description: Vergennes High School graduating class of 1950 with banner, assembled in front of the new elementary school Vergennes.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of UVM - ROTC Band
    UVM - ROTC Band
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      • Description: The UVM ROTC Band in front of the Waterman building, with director Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) in the front row, center. Because of World War II, presumably, women were needed to fill positions in the band left vacant by male musicians. The band became known from then on as the "Co-ed Band." A similar photo was published in the 1945 Ariel, the UVM student yearbook, on p. 83. Photo #2.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Winooski, VT - Winooski River and Mills (Panormama: 7 Photos numbered left to right)
      Winooski, VT - Winooski River and Mills (Panormama: 7 Photos numbered left to right)
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        • Description: Undated view of the Winooski River, its bridge, Champlain Mill and Riverside Ave (Lower Winooski Road), Burlington, Vt. Pre 1927 flood because the old bridge is still there. Photo 6 of seven part panoramic view.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington Streets: Pine St.
        Burlington Streets: Pine St.
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          • Date Created: 1944-08-03
          • Description: PINE ST. --DA-WI 4 Aug. 3, 1944 -0.795 miles on crushed stone mixed in place surface course. This view taken from the intersection of Howard St. looking southerly was taken Aug. 3, 1944 before construction work started.
          • 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: 1955-04-05
            • Description: April 5, 1955. Construction of S.S. Kresge Company department store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. View of the side of a brick building with a stone foundation. A solid panel door is seen to the left.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
            Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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              • Date Created: 1955-06-16
              • Description: June 16, 1955. Construction of S.S. Kresge Company department store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. W. C. Calhoun, supt. View of the construction of an upper level of the store. Steel girders span across the floor being laid.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Houses - Identified
              Houses - Identified
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                • Description: A snow covered roof is seen behind a large pile of snow in which some has been cut into blocks and stacked much like a wall. Photo taken from a second story window at McAllister's home 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont looking north from the backyard.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Houses - Unidentified
                Houses - Unidentified
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                  • Description: A large building (may be an apartment building) seen to the left with a stone foundation and enclosed first story porch. A two bay garage is center with two 1950s style automobiles parked in the driveway.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Houses - Unidentified
                  Houses - Unidentified
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                    • Description: Side view of a two story clapboard house located in Queen City Park with open front porch and center front steps. Striped awnings are attached to the front porch and to the upper story windows. A large side yard seen to the left. A row of bushes run along parallel to the sidewalk. The number 96 is on the front of the house and can be seen in photo mcalA11F16i21.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Houses - Unidentified
                    Houses - Unidentified
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                      • Description: A winter view of a stucco sided home and two bay garage in a matching architectural style. Address is 192 Summit St., Burlington.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs