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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Oakledge, Burlington, VT
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    • Date Created: 1945-1946
    • Description: 1945/1946 photo of Flynn Ave and Shelburne Road, looking northeast. Damaged sign advertising "Oakledge Manor on Lake Champlain". The Elizabeth Lund Home, 346 Shelburne Rd., can be seen through the trees. (Can anyone identify this type of automobile?)
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    Landscapes - Unidentified
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      • Date Created: circa 1940s
      • Description: 1940s photo of the back side of a billboard along with abandoned cars, what looks like a clothes line and a small shed (looks like a dog house).
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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        • Date Created: 1939-08-15
        • Description: August 15, 1939. So. Winooski Ave. looking south from intersection of Main Street after Plant-Mix asphalt pavement with an average of one and one-half inches of hot asphalt binder course or leveling course and two inch wearing surface of American Bitumuls laykold mixture had been placed and the street opened to traffic. Sign to the left near a two story billboard structure states P.W.A. Federal Works Agency Public Works Administration Street Improvements. Billboards advertise Ritz Crackers and Chesterfield Cigarettes. Strong building on the corner to the right.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Road Construction
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          • Date Created: 1928-09-10
          • Description: September 10, 1928. An end of a strip of road being constructed is seen as workmen apply a road surface. Billboards are in the distance along with a sign for "Tourists."
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.(4X5)
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            • Description: Undated view of Burlington Street Dept crew paving Riverside Ave. The crew form a line across the road as they spread surface material. A team of white horses stand to the left. The Riverside Service Station is to the right. Billboards line the hillside behind. In the distance is the Fairview Garage.
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