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 Stores, Interiors
Stores, Interiors
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    • Description: Two men in front work on boats at the Champlain Marine and Realty Co. indoor shop. Two others work near work benches in the back. Three long wooden boats are seen. Banners advertise services, marine insurance, water demonstrations, Chris-Craft and Johnson Sea Horses.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Black Cat Cafe
    Black Cat Cafe
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      • Description: 1935/37 Black Cat Cafe & Sea Grill at 160 Bank St, Burlington, Vermont. Employees and management stand out front for a group photo. Charles Chantis, proprietor. The State Theatre is next door at 156. The restaurant burned in the 1970s along with the rest of the block.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (H-P)
      Automobiles - Sales and Service (H-P)
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        • Description: 1947 Photo of a delivery truck and Frank Patnaude at Patnaude's owned by F.E. Patnaude located at 1 Pearl Street, Burlington, Vt. Used cars, service and dealership for Lincoln Muercury cars. Fall.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
        Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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          • Date Created: 1945
          • Description: Office interior. Five women working in well-lighted, spacious office (business and location unknown).
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
          Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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            • Date Created: 1945
            • Description: Clothing and cosmetics store seen in mcalB18F29i22, but from a different angle. Spring and summer fashions, plus a sign (upper right corner) reminding "Women: our wounded need your care." Sponsor of the sign campaign unknown.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Stores - Windows - Unidentified
            Stores - Windows - Unidentified
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              • Date Created: 1945
              • Description: "Here's the $64 Question" : Window display for pen & pencil sets uses "$64" question theme for a drawing to win a $64 pen & pencil set. Store name and location unknown,
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Stores - Windows - Unidentified
              Stores - Windows - Unidentified
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                • Date Created: 1947
                • Description: Display window with a variety of Christmas gifts, probably at a department store on Church St., Burlington, Vt.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
                Stores - Abraham's Drug Store (Burlington, VT)
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                  • Date Created: 1946
                  • Description: Interior of Abraham's Drug Store at 111 Church St., Burlington. Arrangement of display cases forms an arch.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
                  Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
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                    • Date Created: 1936
                    • Description: 1936. Similar to mcalB18F20i03, this photo shows 2 additional men, and all are wearing hats. Building is Burlington Grocery Co., 47-49 Maple St., Burlington, Vt.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
                    Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
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                      • Date Created: 1953
                      • Description: 1953 Burlington retail store entrances and parking lot for Irving's Fashions, Singer and People's. See also mcalA17F09i01, mcalA17F09i07
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs